Interested in discovery history but don't know where to start? The following introduction to exploration literature is for ...

Explore Leif Erikson Day, honoring the Norse explorer who reached North America before Columbus, and its cultural ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), who led his expeditions in service of King Francis I of France. As he sailed ...

The writer and journalist Jeff Wilser is releasing a book later this month in partnership with the organization that covers ...

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher ...

Throughout history, explorers have pushed the boundaries of the known world, chasing maps into the blank spaces and daring to go where no one else had. Whether they were crossing oceans, scaling ...

J.R. Harris has hiked some of the world’s most remote wildernesses - unsupported and mostly alone - including Patagonia, the Australian outback, and most recently, Tanzania. "A few weeks ago, I ...

I’ve never seen anything like this,' Bob Ballard, a National Geographic explorer, said about the recent discovery.

I've met a Black woman whose journey just takes my breath away. Tara Roberts, of Atlanta, is a National Geographic Explorer. And for the last few years, she’s been following Black scuba divers as they ...