~Fav. Adventurer/Discoverer

[MightyMacbeth]

U know, like Marco Polo , James Cook, Columbus etc....

8)

 

[Duty Honor Country]

wow good topic

my favorite explorer to read about is Hernando Cortez. I really do not agree with most of what he did, but he does make for interesting reading. Anyone who burns his own ships to motivate his men to fight is going to be an interesting character.

for more information on any historical figure, go to the link below.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/1500a.shtml

 

[MightyMacbeth]

Yes Hernando Cortez is quite interesting...

and yep, thats my topic, how come it aint amazing?

it just occured to me that we need one 8)

 

[phoenix80]

Marco Polo, Saadi (Iranian sociologist and poet)

 

[FutureDevilDog]

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco da Gama

 

[MightyMacbeth]

interesting..

any of u heard of Ibn Battutah?

 

[ghost457]

Lewis and Clark make for decent reading.

also, would, say John Glenn or Yuri Gagarin, or even Neil Armstrong qualify?

 

[Springfield]

Columbus

 

[MightyMacbeth]

yeah well spacemen are ok..atleast they preformed an adventure

 

[Charge 7]

Well, if you know anything about where I'm from the answer could only be Samuel de Champlain.

 

[Fox]

Lewis and Clark. I wish it would be Indiana Jones but it is fake it just for movie, anyway.

 

[MightyMacbeth]

oh yeah Indi is awesome

 

[MightyMacbeth]

And yes, monsieur Samuel de Champlain!

bon! grand ! nice one mes ami

bonne voyage 8)

 

[BangorRamsJROTC]

Eric the Red

 

[MightyMacbeth]

how about Napoleon. He is good..can call him an adventurer

 

[AussieNick]

Captain James Cook. Because he discovered our wide brown land.
Burke and Wills, because they tried to cross it but died trying.