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"Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary."

"Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary."

Will Adams, English Explorer

Art, Being, Geometry, Grace

21

"I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting."

"I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Patience, Trying, Waiting

20

"Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over."

"Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Nothing, Police, Reputation, Vigilance

20

"The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers."

"The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers."

John Lawson, British Explorer

Content, Country, Enemies, Now

20

"The sea has now changed from it's natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land."

"The sea has now changed from it's natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land."

George Vancouver, English Explorer

Land, Now, Ocean, Sea

20

"An hour or two spent in writing from dictation, another hour or two in reading aloud, a little geography and a little history and a little physics made the day pass busily."

"An hour or two spent in writing from dictation, another hour or two in reading aloud, a little geography and a little history and a little physics made the day pass busily."

Hudson Stuck, English Explorer

History, Day, Geography, Physics

20

"We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer."

"We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Courage, End, Will

20

"Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign of James I."

"Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign of James I."

Harry Johnston, British Explorer

Exploration, America, Being, Result

20

"I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence."

"I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

20

"The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare."

"The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare."

Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer

Absence, Weather

20

"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal."

"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

20

"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."

"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."

Will Adams, English Explorer

Military, Years

20

"He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest."

"He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest."

Hernando Cortez, Mexican Explorer

20

"Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view."

"Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view."

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Explorer

Life, Disappointments

20

"They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that."

"They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Politics, First, Information

20

"My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!"

"My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!"

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

20

"I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty."

"I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty."

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

Nation, Country, Disgrace, Duty, Gain

19

"We are as near to heaven by sea as by land."

"We are as near to heaven by sea as by land."

Humphrey Gilbert, English Explorer

Heaven, Land, Sea

19

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Work, Faith, Hope, Future

19

"The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece."

"The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece."

James Theodore Bent, English Explorer

Trust, Belief, Greece

19

"Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows."

"Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows."

John Lawson, British Explorer

Dance, Dancing, Nothing

19

"I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog."

"I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog."

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

19

"These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information."

"These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information."

Charles Sturt, Australian Explorer

Information, Journey, Writing

19

"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"

"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

19

"If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard."

"If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard."

Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer

Strength, Class, First, Will

19

"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business."

"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Business, Work, Driving

19

"The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children."

"The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children."

Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

Family, Children, Earth, Sky, Smiles

19

"But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born."

"But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born."

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Explorer

Being, Chance, Old, Thinking

19

"I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose."

"I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose."

David Livingstone, Scottish Explorer

19

"In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds."

"In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds."

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Explorer

19

"On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length."

"On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length."

Charles Sturt, Australian Explorer

Exploration, Intention

19

"A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other."

"A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other."

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Explorer

Friendship, Nature, Enemies, Enemy, Friends

19

"But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape."

"But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape."

Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

Creativity, Ideas, African, Information

18

"I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night."

"I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night."

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

Friendship, Money, Friends, Night

18

"We took a straight course up the great snow ridge."

"We took a straight course up the great snow ridge."

Hudson Stuck, English Explorer

Exploration, Snow

18

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Thought, Now, Patience

18

"So I departed and was free from imprisonment."

"So I departed and was free from imprisonment."

Will Adams, English Explorer

Freedom, Imprisonment

18

"I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave."

"I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave."

Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer

Man, Men, Clouds, Sky

18

"In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great."

"In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great."

Charles Sturt, Australian Explorer

18

"In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves."

"In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves."

James Theodore Bent, English Explorer

Geography, Islands, Sea

18

"In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners."

"In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

Photography, Day, Kentucky

18

"I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it exists. I've felt this again and again, when alone and out in nature. On such occasions, time does not exist. Nor does the future exist."

"I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it exists. I've felt this again and again, when alone and out in nature. On such occasions, time does not exist. Nor does the future exist."

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Explorer

Time, Nature, Future, Meaning

18

"You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have."

"You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have."

Jeff Rich, American Explorer

18

"Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over."

"Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

18

"The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit."

"The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit."

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

18

"One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another."

"One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

18

"This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board?"

"This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board?"

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

Man, Men, Reason

18

"On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory."

"On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory."

Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer

Government, Attention, States, United

18

"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."

"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

History, Earth, Mankind

18

"The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose."

"The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose."

Hudson Stuck, English Explorer

Struggle, Writer

17

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