Explorers
William Buckley, the Australian Convict Adopted by Aboriginals
In Australia, when they say "you’ve got Buckley’s chance,"...
Exploration 101: A Newcomer’s Reading List
Interested in exploration reading but don't know where to...
How Arab Traders Hid the Secrets of Cinnamon from Europe
At this point, it's fairly common knowledge that the...
Benedikt Roezl and the 19th-Century Orchid Monomaniacs
You've almost certainly owned an orchid at least once...
How A Scottish Botanist Stole the Secrets of Tea from China
In 2023, the world consumed more than 7.3 billion...
Great Explorers: Nordenskjold, Larsen, and the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
In the end, in the dark, it all came...
From Arctic Influencer to Fugitive: The Strange Story of Henry Howgate
Henry Howgate was not himself an arctic explorer, but...
Remembering Masatsugu Konishi
Born November 19, 1938, the charismatic Japanese mountaineer Masatsugu...
Remembering Gunter Oskar Dyhrenfurth
On this day in 1886, the German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist,...
Great Explorers: Jean Baptiste Tavernier
During the violence and instability of 17th-century Europe, monarchies...
Augusto Gansser: Geologist and Explorer of the Himalaya
One hundred and fourteen years ago today, in 1910,...
Great Explorers: Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
In the 19th century, biology, physics, chemistry, archaeology, geology,...
