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Explorers
Today’s world has been mapped, its peoples discovered, delights and curiosities brought in the light for all of us to share. But it was not always so… Great explorers and travelers, writers and seekers, like Captain James Cook, Mark Twain, Richard Burton and others set out into new lands and cultures with keen insight and a thrill for adventure. Read some bios here and get inspired to venture into the world yourself. There are still stones to be unturned.
Ludovic Hubler - World's Craziest Hitchhiker
Ludovic Hubler is a mildly insane Frenchman who at the age of 25 decided to hitchhike around the entire world, including the oceans. It took him 5 years.
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Ibn Battuta - Muslim Explorer
Ibn Battuta was one of the greatest travelers the world has ever seen and hardly ever heard of. Making Marco Polo seem like a casual backpacker, Ibn Battuta was ...
Peter Pinney - Great Travelers
Peter Pinney (1922-1992) exemplified the idea of the traveler who carries little, gets by on wits alone, and is willing to forage into the unknown despite all odds. He wrote ...
Marco Polo - Great Explorer
“I did not tell the half of what I saw.” Marco Polo remained defiant to the end, insisting on his death bed that the stories of his travels were the ...
Wilfred Thesiger - Great Travelers
By many considered the last of the great explorers, Wilfred Thesiger died in 2003 at the age of 93 in an old folks home in sleep Surrey, England. The ...
Henri de Monfreid - Smuggler and Writer
“I have lived a rich, restless, magnificent life.” Henry de Monfreid declared a few days before dying in 1974 at the age of 95. How many of us could honestly ...
Richard Burton - Great Travelers
Richard Burton was the translator of Arabian Nights, the classic series of tales about djinns, robbers, and princesses told nightly by Scheherazade to forestall her execution.
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