Expeditions are long journey by land, by sea or by air and space. An expedition has certain purposes why it is made. Some of the reasons are to discover new lands or territories, new people (tribes), new species of plants and animals, for military purposes, or to discover new archaeological relics. The most famous expedition by the sea is the expedition made by Ferdinand Magellan, but this expedition made the Philippines under the Spanish government for 333 years. But Magellan was killed by Lapu Lapu in Cebu. Lapu Lapu is the first Philippine hero. On the other hand, the famous and most epic expedition by space is no other than the Apollo 11. This expedition made us people of the Earth believed that it is not impossible to go out there in space. It also brought discoveries that there is weak gravity on the moon and Earth is not alone in this vast universe. Now for this top 10 post, we are showcasing some of the epic expeditions that changed the world of the past and the present.TOP : 10
Who : Erik the Red
Source : The Official Tourism Site of Greenland
About : Named for his hair and temper, he was exiled from Iceland for murder. In 985 he sailed for Greenland with 25 ships. 14 made it and established a colony that mysteriously disappeared.
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| Erik the Red Greenland expedition |
TOP : 9
Who : Joshua Slocum
Source : Encyclopedia Britannica
About : Canadian sailor who, in 1898, completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe. The journey took him 3 years and 46,000 miles (75,000 km) of travel.
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| Joshua Slocum expedition |
TOP : 8
Who : Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Source : BBC, Daily Mail - UK
About : On 29th of May 1953, hillary and Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of the Mount Everest. Around 4,000 people have climbed it since then.
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| Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Mount Everest expedition |
TOP : 7
Who : Roald Amundsen
Source : PBS
About : Led the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911, reaching it in under 60 days. Kept the mission secret so Norway's government would not stop him and let Britain achieve the feat instead.
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| Roald Amundsen South Pole expedition |
TOP : 6
Who : Henry Stanley and David Livingstone
Source : BBC, PBS
About : Livingstone went missing for 5 years while searching for the Nile's source in Africa. Stanley found him in 1871 near Lake Tanganyika, and said "Dr. Livingstone I presume?".
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| Stanley and Livingstone |
TOP : 5
Who : Marco Polo
Source : BBC, US News, Biography Channel
About : Venetian traveler who journeyed from Europe to Asia between 1271 and 1295. Spending 17 years in Kublai Khan's empire, his writings helped introduce Westerners to China.
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| Marco Polo expedition |
TOP : 4
Who : Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Source : National Geographic, NPS, PBS
About : An 8,000 mile (13,000 km), 2 and 1/2 year exploration of the American West. On their journey to the Pacific coast they found 300 new species and 50 native tribes.
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| Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition |
TOP : 3
Who : Charles Darwin
Source : BBC
About : In 1831, Darwin set sail for 5 years aboard the HMS Beagle and traveled the world. He saw a rich variety of life forms, helping him develop evolutionary biology.
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| Charles Darwin expedition |
TOP : 2
Who : Ferdinand Magellan
Source : BBC
About : A ship from Magellan's fleet became the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1522. Magellan himself died on the journey, killed by Lapu Lapu, a Philippine hero.
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| Ferdinand Magellan expedition |
TOP : 1
Who : Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin
Source : Britannica.com, Nasa.gov
About : the Apollo 11 misson reached the moon on July 20th, 1969. The 2 hour space walk on July 21st was the highlight of a 953,054 mile (1 and 1/2 m km), 8 days journey.
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| Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin on the moon - Apollo 11 expedition |
That's the top 10 epic expeditions that changed the course of the history and the world.
Video Source : www.youtube.com/watch?v=g13udx_f6cs
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- www.list25.com
- www.southbaysail.com
- www.discoveryuk.com
- www.news.discovery.com
- www.kids.britannica.com
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- www.clarkblog.typepad.com
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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