explorer
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“In the 14th century A.D., a Moroccan explorer named Ibn Battuta documented that a buttery variation of khichuri was eaten daily in South Asia,” wrote Rachael Grow for Mashed.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Columbus, Ohio’s fastest-growing big city, was named in the 1800s by a local politician who admired the explorer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
This docuseries was created by National Geographic explorer Bertie Gregory, a cinematographer for legendary nature filmmaker David Attenborough, who knows how to dazzle with close-up imagery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
"Most people have this image of an intrepid explorer braving an isolated mountain or some other remote place, and stumbling across a creature that no one has ever seen before," Chan said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
More than a century later the French explorer La Salle canoed down the Mississippi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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If successful, future explorers might eventually live on Mars without relying on protective domes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
McGrath is part of a growing community of online urban explorers and has been back to the tunnels to photograph them and remember his grandad.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Jones doesn’t mind the urban explorers if they don’t trash the place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
It’s a tradition that dates back to 1886, and there have been over 200 such parades since then, celebrating great explorers, war heroes and champion athletes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It showed the Osage from the time they roamed the plains to their first encounter with European explorers and missionaries, and to the black-gold rush.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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