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Quotes by Explorer

"The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets."

"The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Awareness, Countries, Environment

15

"We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them."

"We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them."

Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer

Nature, Geese, Numbers

15

"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."

"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

15

"It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing."

"It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Health, Compliments, Man

15

"Fear God and work hard."

"Fear God and work hard."

David Livingstone, Scottish Explorer

Work, God, Fear

15

"Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole."

"Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole."

Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer

Adventure, Eyes, Now, Want, Will

15

"Faith is a continuation of reason."

"Faith is a continuation of reason."

William Adams, English Explorer

15

"Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers."

"Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers."

Hudson Stuck, English Explorer

15

"I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills."

"I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills."

Ranulph Fiennes, British Explorer

15

"I have always supported measures and principles and not men."

"I have always supported measures and principles and not men."

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

Man, Men, Principles

15

"But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for."

"But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Nation, Country

15

"Each man in his way is a treasure."

"Each man in his way is a treasure."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

15

"My first occupation was to map the country."

"My first occupation was to map the country."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

Country, First, Occupation

14

"Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."

"Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Heart, Courage, Endurance

14

"We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people."

"We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

God, People, End, Pity

14

"A sea setting us upon the ice has brought us close to danger."

"A sea setting us upon the ice has brought us close to danger."

Henry Hudson, English Explorer

14

"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

14

"I therefore named this isolated and remarkable feature Swan Hill."

"I therefore named this isolated and remarkable feature Swan Hill."

Thomas Mitchell, Australian Explorer

Exploration, Remarkable

14

"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."

"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

14

"Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain."

"Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Sports, Day, Ladies, Gentlemen, Party

14

"I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners."

"I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

Travel, Trust, Climate, Foreigners

13

"But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid."

"But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Peace, Comfort, World

13

"Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them."

"Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them."

William Dampier, English Explorer

13

"Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land."

"Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land."

Alvar N. C. de Vaca, Argentinian Explorer

God, Giving, Land

13

"After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied."

"After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied."

Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer

God, Gods, Hunger, Months, Want

13

"The events of the day's march are now becoming so dreary and dispiriting that one longs to forget them when we camp; it is an effort even to record them in a diary."

"The events of the day's march are now becoming so dreary and dispiriting that one longs to forget them when we camp; it is an effort even to record them in a diary."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Adventure, Day, Effort, Events, Forget

13

"The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion."

"The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

13

"We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end."

"We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

War, End, Fighting, Spirit

13

"Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins."

"Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

Society, Troops

13

"The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe."

"The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe."

Christopher Gist, American Explorer

Home, Business, People, Land

12

"I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me."

"I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

Time, Enemy, Mercy

12

"As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface."

"As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

12

"The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten."

"The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten."

Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer

Nature, Evening, Party, Weather

12

"Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest."

"Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

Family, Son, Passion, Poets

12

"To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority."

"To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority."

Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer

Man, Men, Authority, Strangers

12

"Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst."

"Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst."

Alvar N. C. de Vaca, Argentinian Explorer

Death, Trust, God, Killing

12

"Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder."

"Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

Politics, May, Support

11

"My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it."

"My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it."

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

11

"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them."

"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them."

Henry Hudson, English Explorer

Determination, Diligence, Force, London, Now

11

"We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past."

"We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Death, Help, Journey, Past

11

"So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig."

"So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

11

"I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us."

"I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us."

Samuel de Champlain, French Explorer

Man, Men, People, Duty

10

"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."

"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."

Will Adams, English Explorer

Military, Clothes

10

"Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end."

"Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end."

Edward Whymper, British Explorer

Beginning, End, Haste, May

10

"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."

"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again."

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

Sports, May, Will

10

"Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."

"Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."

Walter Raleigh, English Explorer

9

"We were the only pulsating creatures in a dead world of ice."

"We were the only pulsating creatures in a dead world of ice."

Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer

9

"All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people."

"All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people."

Alvar N. C. de Vaca, Argentinian Explorer

People, Country, Land

9

"I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troops, that they may be made available in any emergency, from fire, insurrection, or any thing else."

"I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troops, that they may be made available in any emergency, from fire, insurrection, or any thing else."

Thomas L. Smith, American Explorer

Security, Company, Fire, May, Troops

9

"One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet."

"One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet."

Alvar N. C. de Vaca, Argentinian Explorer

Death, People, Country, Fate

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