Richard Evelyn Byrd was born on 25th October 1888 in Winchester, Virginia, and he died on 11th March 1957 (aged 68 years) in Boston, Massachusetts. The first person to reach the South Pole by air, Richard completed the distance in 18 hours and 41 minutes. He was an American naval officer and polar explorer. He […]
John Galt was born on 2nd May 1779 in Irvine, Scotland, and he died on 11th April 1839 (aged 60 years) in Greenock, Scotland. Appointed to aid the colonization of Canada, John opened roads through the thick forests between Lakes Huron and Erie and founded the cities of Guelph and Goderich. He explored and travelled
Deep in the jungle, a jackal found a dead elephant. But he could not pierce the elephant’s thick skin and eat it. Soon, a lion walked by. The jackal said, “Your Majesty, I have been guarding your meal.” The lion replied, “I do not eat animals killed by others. Feast on it.” The lion went
Mungo Park was born on 11th September 1771 in Selkirk, Scotland and he died in January 1806 (aged 35 years) in Bussa, Nigeria. The first westerner to travel to find the source of the Niger River, Mungo wrote about this expedition which became very popular. On the journey he was held prisoner by a Moorish
Robert Edwin Peary was born on 6th May 1856 in Pennsylvania and he died on 20th February 1920 (aged 64 years) in Washington DC. Robert reached the Geographic North Pole with his expedition on 6th April 1909. Robert Peary made his first expedition to the Arctic hoping to cross by a dog-sled. He and a
Louis Joliet was born on 21st September 1645 in Quebec, Canada, and he died in May 1700 (aged 55 years) in Canada. Louis was a Canadian explorer who explored the origin of the Mississippi river with the help of Native American tribes, he embarked on this expedition with Jacques Marquette and became one of the
Once, a group of monkeys lived near a temple in a village. One day, a carpenter was busy splitting wooden logs outside the temple.A young monkey was intrigued by the carpenter’s work. When the carpenter went for lunch, the young monkey wanted to split the wooden logs. His friends said, “Those tools look dangerous. Keep
Gaspar Cortes Real was born in 1450 in the Kingdom of Portugal and he disappeared around 1501. Gaspar was an explorer to the Portuguese King who sent him to discover lands and a North-West Passage to Asia. He reached Greenland instead believing it to be East Asia but chose not to land. He went on
Sir Martin Forbisher was born in 1535 in Yorkshire, UK, and he died on 22nd November 1594 (aged 59 years) in Plymouth, UK. Well-known for the discovery of Labrador and Forbisher Bay in Canada, Martin was one of the first English explorers who tried to discover a North-West Passage to the Indies but failed. He
A group of monkeys was relaxing in a forest, when they saw a woodcutter cutting a tree with an axe. After a while, the woodcutter went to have lunch. He covered his axe with a piece of green cloth and left it under the tree. Soon, a naughty monkey came there. He removed the cloth
Willem Cornelisz Schouten was born in 1567, Hoorn, Netherlands and he died in 1625 (aged 58 years), Antongil Bay, Madagascar. He was a dutch explorer and navigator for the Dutch East India Company. In 1615, Willem and his younger brother Jan Schouten sailed from Texel in the Netherlands, in an expedition led by Jacob le
Christopher Kit Carson was born on 24th December 1809 in Madison County, Kentucky, and he died on 23rd May 1868 (aged 58 years) in Colorado. An American trapper and guide, Kit Carson made an important contribution to the westward expansion of the United States working on various journeys with many explorers. In 1853, he agreed
In a forest, there lived four friends – a deer, a mouse, a turtle and a crow. Every day, they would meet by the lake. One day, the deer did not come. When the crow flew over the forest, he found the deer trapped in a hunter’s net. He came back and told the mouse
Thor Heyerdahl was born on 6th October 1914 in Larvik, Norway, and he died on 18th April 2002 (aged 87 years) in Italy. Famous for his Kontiki Expedition Thor sailed 8,000-km across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft to prove that the ancient people could make long voyages making contacts with the people of
Florence Baker was born on 6th August 1841 in Hungary and she died on 11th March 1916 (aged 75 years) in Devon, England. Along with Samuel Baker she launched an expedition to find the source of the Nile and found Lake Albert. She saved the expedition by solving the dispute that rose between Samuel Baker