Famous Explorers

[rdhopkins2]

Got an explorer you would like to discuss? An adventurer who discovered lost cities or a mariner who discovered a new world? An aviator who ventured where nobody else had been before? A submariner plunging to the depths of the unseen? A pioneer of space?

Could be an interesting discussion?
Let's approach the topic from the view of their life and achievements. Feel free to point out weaknesses and flaws, short comings and I'll gotten gains but let's concentrate on the positives of their accomplishments.

Can I suggest we discuss both famous and lesser known explorers and teach each other something new?

 

[GreyCrow]

One set of books my parents had and which I devoured were 100 Great.... one set was 100 Great Explorers. I think anyone who sets off without knowing if they will return is a great explorer. I liken the circumnavigation of the waters by Magellan/De Gama and co to those who wish to go to Mars.

But for me Edward Eyre would be the 1 I admire the most. Foolhardy and reckless. Traits of any successful explorer but his stewardship of his Moorundie property and his role as Protectorate of Aborigines make him stand out for me from those who sometimes got lost only to stumble on their goal

 

[little graham]

But for me Edward Eyre would be the 1 I admire the most. Foolhardy and reckless. Traits of any successful explorer but his stewardship of his Moorundie property and his role as Protectorate of Aborigines make him stand out for me from those who sometimes got lost only to stumble on their goal

Imagine if someone said they looked up to hitler? Eyre was a monster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_John_Eyre

As Governor of the Colony, Eyre, fearful of an island wide uprising, brutally suppressed the Morant Bay Rebellion, which was sparked when Baptist preacher and rebel leader (and future National Hero of Jamaica) Paul Bogle encouraged and led a rebellion, and occasioned the death of 18 militia or officials. Up to 439 black peasants were killed in the reprisals, some 600 flogged and about 1000 houses burnt down.

A dictator who ruled violently.

Eyre's influence at this point was so strong that he was able to convince the House of Assembly to pass constitutional reforms that brought the old form of government to an end and allowed Jamaica to become a Crown Colony, with an appointed (rather than an elected) legislature, on the basis that stronger legislative control would ward off another act of rebellion. Before dissolving itself, the legislature passed legislation to deal with the recent emergency, including an Act that sanctioned martial law

#blacklivesmatter

 

[FredLeDeux]

Hamilton Hume was the most important of all Australian explorers, by far, because of his discovery of Corio Bay and, hence, Geelong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Hume

 

[GreyCrow]

Hamilton Hume was the most important of all Australian explorers, by far, because of his discovery of Corio Bay and, hence, Geelong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Hume

I genuinely laughed

 

[Power Raid]

Hamilton Hume was the most important of all Australian explorers, by far, because of his discovery of Corio Bay and, hence, Geelong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Hume

I hope whoever discovered Adelaide was hung, drawn and quartered

 

[JoondalupJ]

I genuinely laughed

And me!

 

[van peebles]

Hubert Wilkins=Walked over more of the planet than any human being.

 

[The_Wookie]

John Forrest has fascinated me since I did a family tree project on grade 4 and found out i was related to him. Wandered around uncharted deserts looking for leichardt on his first expedition, followed Eyres route across the bight, and explored uncharted parts of the interior of Australia. He was later the first premier of Western Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forrest

 

[Power Raid]

John Forrest has fascinated me since I did a family tree project on grade 4 and found out i was related to him. Wandered around uncharted deserts looking for leichardt on his first expedition, followed Eyres route across the bight, and explored uncharted parts of the interior of Australia. He was later the first premier of Western Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forrest

a pretty amazing time.

WA owes much to JF

 

[Pessimistic]

Most of them did it because they were misfits and their families 'encouraged' them into the career

Cook is the giant for his OHS work alone

 

[The_Wookie]

not quite as famous as they should be but these guys in 1797 should get more credit than they do.

• shipwrecked on Preservation Island off the north-east coast of Tasmania
• tried to sail a longboat up the coast to Sydney
• shipwrecked again on Ninety Mile Beach near Lakes Entrance
• walked 600km up the coast to Port Jackson
• only 3 men from 17 (comprising five Europeans and 12 Bengali sailors) made it to the end.

ref:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...-first-contact-with-aboriginal-people/8113458
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Cove_(ship)

 

[cannot]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Piccard

 

[Pessimistic]

of course if we accepted human losses like that today. Mars would be much easier

Go back even further the nomadic explorers did not return to their origin - they went from africa round the indian ocean to australia in about 2000 years

 

[little graham]

Go back even further the nomadic explorers did not return to their origin - they went from africa round the indian ocean to australia in about 2000 years

flat earther.

 

[cannot]

flat earther.

Auguste_Piccard ?

 

[little graham]

Auguste_Piccard ?

The out of Africa theory is more wacky than flat earth or dome beliefs. The Australian aboriginal is not related to the african, different specie.

 

[cannot]

The out of Africa theory is more wacky than flat earth or dome beliefs. The Australian aboriginal is not related to the african, different specie.

cool

 

[little graham]

cool

they can reverse engineer your DNA these days.

if you want to talk explorers, the nazis believed the Australian aboriginal was ayran. Many now believed that the oldest migration known was from Australia across to the Americas, up to the artic and across to europe along that way. A similar migration through Asia was stopped at Greece. These guys would be explorer level expert and the guys everyone else in here are talking about would be beginners with a good pr team.

the white supremists should be along shortly

 

[cannot]

they can reverse engineer your DNA these days.

if you want to talk explorers, the nazis believed the Australian aboriginal was ayran. Many now believed that the oldest migration known was from Australia across to the Americas, up to the artic and across to europe along that way. A similar migration through Asia was stopped at Greece. These guys would be explorer level expert and the guys everyone else in here are talking about would be beginners with a good pr team.

the white supremists should be along shortly

i remember hearing about another group of 'people' that were in australia that the aboriginals wiped out - whats the go with them ?

 

[little graham]

i remember hearing about another group of 'people' that were in australia that the aboriginals wiped out - whats the go with them ?

it depends who's telling the story. You dont have a link so i can research?

 

[The_Wookie]

if you want to talk explorers, the nazis believed the Australian aboriginal was ayran.

The Nazis believed a lot of fun things.

Many now believed that the oldest migration known was from Australia across to the Americas, up to the artic and across to europe along that way.

Many? As far as I can find its a single study that found the relationship between early Australians and a tribe or two in the Amazon and received some media attention, and even that study doesnt suggest its the earliest known migration.

A similar migration through Asia was stopped at Greece.

Got some links for this?

 

[cannot]

The Nazis believed a lot of fun things.

lots of smart dudes in the nazis

 

[The_Wookie]

The out of Africa theory is more wacky than flat earth or dome beliefs. The Australian aboriginal is not related to the african, different specie.

Sure if we ignore the dna evidence.

 

[The_Wookie]

lots of smart dudes in the nazis

yes even if they claimed an identity that wasnt their own or supported by any evidence.