7 sentences with 'exploration'
Example sentences and phrases with the word exploration and other words derived from it.
• « In geography and exploration: accurate maps of Asia and East Africa, thanks to the presence of Muslim merchant colonies as far afield as China, along with new navigational technologies such as the astrolabe (a device used to determine latitude while at sea). »
• « Much of their exploration required daring and planning, the Vikings were the best navigators of their time, but sometimes their voyages took them into areas completely unknown to Europeans. »
• « Meanwhile, in what eventually became Russia, Viking exploration, conquest and colonisation had begun even earlier. »
• « In the early 18th century, the various branches of European exploration and expansion converged in the Pacific Northwest of what later became the United States: in the 18th century, Russian trappers, French trappers, Spanish missionaries and English explorers arrived in what eventually became the American states of Washington and Oregon. »
• « King Leopold II of Belgium created a colony in the Congo in 1876 under the guise of exploration and philanthropy, claiming its purpose was to protect the region's population from the ravages of the slave trade. »
• « A friend had suggested calling in a diver with knowledge of underwater caves to lead the exploration, but Gustavo and Eduardo declined. »