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He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia, and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married, and had three children. He died in 1324 and was buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Venice. I Regret that I will not see the face of my dear Jen again, but I feel that somehow these words will reach her. Thankfully, the rest of the crew survived and, somehow, continued onto the Spice Islands where they arrived in November. In so doing, he hoped to win a reputation among leaders of his time that he could use to further his fight against slavery. In other words, he’d use any fame and glory that came for good. The battle here was like none we have ever experienced. These creatures know no mercy and now after many losses to our party we stand at this final fight.
By the waters of the Titusville spring, Edwin Drake sat and wrote his report — an inspired amateur rendering an opinion to the world." A few of the names in this list of famous explorers weren’t necessarily great people (in the sense that they wreaked bloody chaos on the places they went). Announcer: "Before previewing next week's Great Adventure, here is Gerald Gough, a teacher and member of the National Education Association, with a postscript on tonight's story."
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No one listens. Never, never. Sure, my greatness will pass from this life to the next, but the point is -- no one listens.
Thankfully, Cook’s claim was eventually refuted, and Peary was confirmed as the first man to reach the Pole. By Robert Peary – Christie’s, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31193392 He drilled the first oil well... he invented the idea of driving pipes through sand and clay to protect the drilling hole. He was the founder of an industry... an industry whose progress was so rapid... so immense that, in a short time, there was no room in it anymore for this dreamer... but he didn't care — he had had his great adventure — he had done what no man had done before." August, eighteen fifty-eight. The hand-dug well was down fifteen feet. The pump was set up, the sun was high, it was close to noon." Because of Misok Bedrozian, California's Governor-elect Hiram Johnson finally established the principle that in cases involving the public service, the state had not only the right, but the obligation to protect the people's interest. It happened because one small obstinate group of Americans refused to accept an authority they considered unjust."Be it the slave-trade, colonisation, or even mass genocide, the more you learn about famous explorers of the past, the more you realize how closely their exploits were tied to a whole bunch of historical horrors. Did you know that when Dervla Murphy was 30, she set off on her simple, not-at-all-fancy bicycle and cycled from Dunkirk to Delhi? Or that she once crossed a river when the bridge had broken by holding onto a cow? What about prolific traveller Ibn Battuta, who left Morocco on a donkey aged 21 and didn't come home for 30 years? Each and every single one of those words has been applied, at one point in time or another, to the next famous explorer on this list:
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