8 sentences with 'explorers'
Example sentences and phrases with the word explorers and other words derived from it.
• « In addition to the explorers' accounts, Greeks in Hellenistic lands enjoyed stories and histories of foreign lands written by the natives of those lands. »
• « When European explorers began to establish permanent links with Asian kingdoms and empires in the 16th century, Islam established itself in various regions from India to the Pacific, thousands of miles from its centre in the Middle East. »
• « Secondly, the ideology surrounding the crusades was to inspire European explorers and conquerors for centuries. »
• « One of the main motivations for European explorers was the search for direct access to luxury goods that bypassed the Eastern mercantile networks that had traditionally benefited from the long-distance trade routes between East and West. »
• « Thus, Isabella of Spain was not alone in financing explorers seeking to reach the East by easier routes when she supplied Columbus with her ships and sailors. »
• « In addition, the tradition of the Crusades, especially that inspired by the Reconquista of Spain and Portugal, inspired European explorers. »
• « Finally, although the emergence of Russia as an independent state is discussed in a later chapter, it is worth noting here that Russian explorers moved eastwards across Siberia from the period from the 15th to the 18th century in search of furs. »
• « Mistakenly believing they had arrived in the East Indies, these early explorers called its inhabitants Indians. »