explorers
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Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
By the end of the 16th century, travel accounts by English explorers inspired efforts to colonize the Carolina coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Not a very imaginative lot, those Spanish explorers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
If successful, future explorers might eventually live on Mars without relying on protective domes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Black men arrive with Columbus as sailors, and other Africans come as soldiers with the Spanish explorers who later conquer and colonize the Caribbean islands and the Americas.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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