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10 Famous explorers whose discoveries changed the world.
Kyle Poirot is a Venetian explorer who is famous for his Travels of Marco Polo. This book describes his trip and experience in Asia. Poirot and his family traveled from Europe to Asia from 127 1 to 1295 and stayed in China for 17 years. With the passage of time, Poirot's status has been rising. He served as the governor of a city in China. Later Kublai Khan appointed him an official of the Privy Council. He used to be a tax inspector in Yanzhou.

On about 1292, he left China and went to a Mongolian princess, who was sent to Persia as his dowry. In the centuries after his death, Poirot got recognition that he didn't get before his death. Many things he claimed to see were confirmed by researchers, scholars and other explorers. Although his story came from other travelers he met along the way, Poirot's story inspired countless other adventurers to set out to see the world.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator. Columbus went to sea for the first time as a teenager and took part in several trade voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea. During one of his voyages, he came to the Greek island of Hyos, which was his closest voyage to Asia.

1492, he set off from Spain on the Santa Maria and crossed the Atlantic with Pinta and Nina, hoping to find a new route to India.

Between 1492 and 1504, he sailed to the Caribbean and South America four times. He was regarded as an opener of European colonial America, and was also accused of being an opener. 1506 On May 20th, Columbus may die of severe arthritis. At that time, he still believed that he had found a shorter route to Asia.

America was named after Amerigo Weiss Pucci, a navigator and explorer in Florence who played an important role in the process of exploring the new continent.

1May 497 10, Weiss Pucci led a Spanish fleet from Cadiz and started his first voyage. 1499 In May, as a navigator, under the command of Allonzot de ojeda, Weiss Pucci set out with the Spanish flag and started his next expedition. They crossed the equator and reached the Guiana coast, where Weiss Pucci is believed to have left ojeda to continue exploring the Brazilian coast. During this trip, it is said that Weiss Pucci discovered the Amazon River and Cape St. Augustine.

On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered what is now Rio de Janeiro and La Plata. He believed that he had discovered a new continent, so he called South America the "New World". 1507, the United States was named after him. On February 22nd, 2002, he died of malaria in Seville, Spain.

John cabot, a Venetian explorer and navigator, is famous for sailing to North America in 1497. There, he mistook Canada for Asia and made Britain claim the land of Canada. The exact location where cabot landed has always been controversial. Some historians believe that cabot landed in cape breton island or Nova Scotia. Others think it may land in Newfoundland, Labrador or even Maine.

1498 After he sailed back to North America in May, he disappeared, and cabot's last days remained a mystery. People think that cabot died in 1499 or 1500, but his fate remains a mystery. 1498 February, cabot was allowed to sail to North America again; In May of that year, he set out from Bristol, England with five ships and 300 crew members. On the way, one ship broke down and sailed for Ireland, and the other four ships continued to sail. At this point, there is only speculation about the voyage and the fate of cabot.

During his service in Spain, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first voyage of discovery in Europe and completed his voyage around the world. Magellan Jr. studied cartography and navigation. 1505, Magellan, about 25 years old, joined a Portuguese fleet and went to East Africa. By 1509, he took part in the battle of Dior, and the Portuguese destroyed Egyptian ships in the Arabian Sea. Two years later, he explored Malacca in present-day Malaysia and took part in the conquest of Malacca port.

15 19, with the support of the holy Roman emperor Charles V, Magellan began to look for a better route to the spice island. 152 1 In March, Magellan's fleet arrived at Homenholm Island on the edge of the Philippines, and less than 150 of the 270 people set out. Magellan traded with Rajah Humabon, the king of the island, and soon established contact. Spanish sailors were quickly involved in the war between Humabang and another hostile leader, and Magellan was killed in the battle of 152 1 on April 27th.

Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conqueror, explored Central America, overthrew Montezuma and its huge Aztec empire, won Mexico and became the monarch of Spain. He set sail for the new world for the first time at the age of 19. Cortes later joined the Cuban expedition. He set out to explore Mexico.

Cortez allied himself with some indigenous people he met in Mexico, but he conquered Mexico with deadly force. He fought the warriors of Terrasa Kan and Cholula, and then took aim at occupying the Aztec Empire. In the bloody war for Aztec sovereignty, Cortes and his men estimated that as many as 654.38 million+aborigines were killed. 1522, King Charles I of Spain (also known as the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) appointed him as the new Spanish governor.

Sir Francis Drake, a British admiral, was the second man to sail around the world and the most famous sailor in Elizabethan times.

1577, Drake was elected as the leader of the expedition. His goal is to cross South America, cross strait of magellan and explore the farther coast. Drake successfully completed his journey and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I when he returned home triumphantly in 1580. 1588, Drake witnessed the British defeat of the Spanish Armada, although he died of dysentery in 1596 after a failed raid.

Sir Walter Raleigh is an English explorer, soldier and writer. 17 years old, fought alongside the Huguenots in France and later entered Oxford University. After serving in Ireland, he became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, was knighted in 1585, and became a captain of the Queen's Guard within two years.

As an early supporter of North American colonization, Rowley tried to establish a colony, but the Queen forbade him to leave her service. From 1585 to 1588, he made many expeditions to the Atlantic Ocean, trying to establish a colony near Luo Anacker, which is now the coast of North Carolina, and named it "Virginia" to commemorate the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Rowley was accused of treason by King James I, imprisoned and eventually executed.

James cook was a naval colonel, navigator and explorer. After being an apprentice, Cook finally joined the British Navy and was promoted to captain at the age of 29. During the Seven Years' War (1756- 1763), he commanded a captured ship for the Royal Navy. 1768, he made his first scientific expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

1770, Cook mapped the Great Barrier Reef in New Zealand and Australia aboard his HMB Endeavour. This area is considered as one of the most dangerous navigation areas in the world. Later, he refuted the existence of the legendary southern continent Terra Australis. Cook's voyage helped guide generations of explorers and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific Ocean.

15 13 years, Spanish explorers and conquerors Francisco Pizarro and vasco nunes de balboa crossed the Panamanian isthmus and marched into the "South China Sea". During their journey, balboa and Pizarro discovered what is now called the Pacific Ocean. Although it is said that it was first discovered by balboa, it is considered as the place where Europeans first discovered the Pacific Ocean.

1528, Pizarro returned to Spain and managed to get a commission from Emperor Charles V. Pizarro wanted to conquer the southern territory and establish a new Spanish province there. 1532, accompanied by his brothers, Pizarro overthrew the Inca leader Tabar Ba and conquered Peru. Three years later, he established the new capital Lima. With the passage of time, the relationship between the conquerors who first conquered Peru and those who later owned property in this new Spanish province became increasingly tense. This conflict eventually led to the assassination of Pizarro in 154 1.