These globetrotters pushed the boundaries of human knowledge and achievement.
a pilgrimage made by Muslims, from his homeland of Morocco to Mecca. Thus began a 75,000-mile journey that would take him across the Islamic world and beyond, over a span of two decades. Battuta travelled through Syria, onward to Turkey, down the eastern coast of Africa to India, and eventually reached Indonesia and China.
Once his travels were over, he dictated from memory accounts of his adventures in a travel book called aas to whether Battuta actually visited every place he claimed, but his journey and travelogue nevertheless exist as an important source of information on the world of the 14th century.Although the name of Christopher Columbus is perhaps more widely known, Amerigo Vespucci is the explorer who lent his name to the Americas.
is credited with the design of the first map noting America in 1507, named after Amerigo Vespucci, a man of “perceptive character.”In 1768, after serving in the British Navy for several years, James Cook took command of a scientific expedition at the age of 40. Heading up the, Cook, whose family hailed from Scotland, sought to reach the hypothetical land of Terra Australis. Setting off from Tahiti, his crew first sighted and charted New Zealand.
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