Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was born on 25th February 1304 in Tangier, Morocco, and he died in 1369 (aged 65 years) in Morocco. One of the greatest medieval Muslim travellers and authors of one of the most famous travel books entitled ‘Rihlah’, his work describes his travels covering some 75,000 miles in trips to […]
Yuri Gagarin was born on 9th March 1934 in Klushino, Soviet Union, and he died on 27th March 1968 (aged 34 years) in Kirzhach, Russia. Yuri was the first human to journey into outer space when his spacecraft ‘Vostok’ completed an orbit of the Earth on 12th April 1961. He was a pilot with the
Tenzing Norgay was born on 29th May 1914 in Khumbu, Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal and he died on 9th May 1986 (aged 72 years) in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. The first man along with Edmund Hillary to have climbed Mount Everest, Tenzing was a Nepalese mountaineer of Tibetian descent who worked as a porter.
Sir Edmund Hillary was born on 20th July 1919 in Auckland, New Zealand, and passed away on 11th January 2008 (aged 88-89 years) in Auckland, New Zealand. The first person to climb Mount Everest, along with Tenzing Norgay, they stayed there only a few minutes as the air was so thin. He summited several other
Roald Amundsen was born on 16th July 1872 in Borge, Norway, and he died on 18th June 1928 (aged 56 years), Bear Island, Norway. Roald was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and he was the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12. The first man to visit the South Pole, Roald had originally decided
Bartolomeu Dias was born in about 1450, Portugal and he died on 29th May 1500 (aged 50 years) at sea near the Cape Town, South Africa. The first European mariner to go round the southernmost tip of Africa around the Cape of Good Hope to enter the Indian Ocean, Bartolomeu opened the sea route to
Leif Eriksson was the son of Erik the Red and born in about 970 in Iceland and he died somewhere in 1020 (50 years) in Greenland. Said to have been the first person ever to have discovered North America when his ship was blown off course Leif Eriksson sighted land on the other side of
Reinhold Messner was born on 17th September 1944 in Brixen, Italy and he still lives there today. An Italian mountaineer, adventurer, explorer and author Reinhold Messner is the first to climb all the 14 independent mountains on the Earth that are more than 8,000 metres high. He has climbed Mount Everest without bottled oxygen, crossed
A Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto was born on 27th October 1495 in Spain and he died on 21st May 1542 (aged 47 years) in Ferriday, United States. Credited with discovering the Mississippi River Hernando also explored the parts of the nine states in the United States. In 1514, he assisted in the
Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 8 April 1460 in Santervas De Campos, Spain and he died in July 1521 (aged 61 years) in Havana, Cuba. Juan was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Sailing to the New World Juan became the governor over a section of land which made him rich. In 1506, he
Zheng He was born in 1371 in the Yunnan Province, China, and he died in 1433 (aged 62 years). A great Chinese explorer and fleet commander Zheng He went on seven voyages to establish Chinese trade in new areas. Travelling all the way to Calicut, India, he made trading and diplomatic ties with about 25
Samuel de Champlain was born 13th August 1574 in Brouage, France, and he died on 25th December 1635 (aged 61 years) in Quebec, Canada. An explorer and cartographer who is considered the founder of the Canadian city of Quebec, Samuel helped colonize French North America. Sailing to Canada he became the first European to explore
Sir Francis Drake was born in 1540-1544 in Tavistock, England, and he died on 27th January 1596 in Portobelo, Panama. An explorer and a privateer Francis Drake was the first Englishman and second European to sail around the world. On his first voyage to Africa he captured people and sold them as slaves. He became
Many researchers have concluded that there are many benefits of playing indoor games. It not only makes children active but also encourages creativity and critical thinking in them. It involves problem-solving which for others makes children academically active. There are many reasons a child may not be able to go outside like during the rainy
Jacques Cousteau was born on 11th June 1910 in France and he died on 25th June 1997 (aged 87 years) in Paris. A French naval officer, explorer, oceanographer, film maker and researcher Jacques Cousteau pioneered Marine Conservation, helped restrict commercial whaling and organized campaigns against the dumping of nuclear waste in the oceans as well