The story of early polar exploration is often told through a handful of famous names, yet many important expeditions have ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Northeastern History Professor William Fowler looks at early Atlantic exploration, Christopher Columbus and the beginning of his journey east from ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Authors Amanda Bellows and Hampton Sides highlight traits of explorers. Authors Amanda Bellows ("The Explorers") and Hampton Sides ("The Wide Wide ...
In a new book, University of Oregon archaeology professor Scott Fitzpatrick explains what the early explorers' travels from island to island has in common with exploring space where one might see a ...
It's one of the iconic images of early Antarctic exploration: the heroic explorer sledging across the icy wastes towed by his trusty team of canine companions. But new research analysing a century-old ...
Many people may be fuzzy on the details of North America’s colonial history between Columbus’ arrival in 1492 and the Pilgrims’ landing on Plymouth Rock in 1620. But Europeans were actively attempting ...
New research analyzing a century-old dog biscuit suggests early British Antarctic expeditions underfed their dogs. It's one of the iconic images of early Antarctic exploration: the heroic explorer ...