Exploration is the act of searching or travelling for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown regions or information. The term can also be used to describe the first incursions of peoples from one culture into the geographical and cultural environment of others. Although exploration has existed as long as human beings, its peak is seen as being during the Age of Exploration when European navigators travelled around the world discovering new worlds and cultures.

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magazine article: It's all been done before. "It seems that every week someone becomes 'the first' or 'the youngest' or 'the oldest' or even 'the first married couple' to do something that doesn't seem to be very useful to the rest of humanity." Read article

word games: Explorers. Match information about famous explorers to their names. Play game (1) and game (2)

story: Burke and Wills. In 1860-61 Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 2,800 kilometres. Read story

cartoon: "My ship is like a shopping fanatic." "Really? Why's that?" "It's driven ..." See cartoon

trivia: Quote: "Explorers have to be ready to die lost." (Russell Hoban) See more explorers trivia

links: Discovers Web See more links

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