Explorers and Expeditions

Find 10 names tied to history's most famous expeditions.

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Throughout history, a handful of explorers pushed into unmapped territory, at sea, on land, and eventually into space. This puzzle covers ten names tied to some of history's most famous expeditions.

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Columbus: An explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up sustained European contact with the Americas.
Magellan: An explorer whose expedition became the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died before its completion.
Cook: A British explorer who mapped huge portions of the Pacific Ocean, including the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.
Amundsen: A Norwegian explorer whose expedition was the first to reach the South Pole, in 1911.
Shackleton: An explorer famous for his Antarctic expeditions, especially his crew's survival after their ship was crushed by ice.
Hillary: A mountaineer who, alongside Tenzing Norgay, became one of the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Armstrong: An astronaut who became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
Polo: A merchant traveler whose journeys along the Silk Road introduced Europe to detailed accounts of Asia.
Lewis: An explorer who, with Clark, led a famous expedition across the newly acquired western United States.
Clark: An explorer who partnered with Lewis to map a route to the Pacific and document the American West.