10 Epic Expeditions That Changed History

haven

Expedition Leader
The video lists these expeditions (I include them here so you don't have to listen to the dreadful soundtrack.)

1. Apollo 11 first moon landing
2. Ferdinand Magellan first circumnavigation of the world
3. Charles Darwin voyage of the Beagle
4. Lewis and Clark Missouri to Pacific Ocean
5. Marco Polo Silk Road to China
6. Stanley expedition to find Livingstone
7. Roald Amundsen race to the South Pole
8. Hillary and Norgay climb Mt. Everest
9. Joshua Slocum first solo circumnavigation of the globe
10. Erik the Red colony in North America

Epic undertakings, all. What trips would you add to the list?
 

1leglance

2007 Expedition Trophy Champion, Overland Certifie
John Wesley Powell's exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons.

And he was a 1 armed dude!
John-Wesley-Powell.jpg
 

Blighty

Gravel Bike Racer, Bushcraft Wannabee
- TE Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia" and his work managing the fighters during the arab revolt throughout the Middle East.

- Merrells Marauders march from India to Burma with
light infantry assault units to fight the Japanese during WWII. Often doing portage work carrying weaponry across the same rivers 30 times a day and carrying heavy loads when the donkeys gave up!
 

nutpantz

Observer
Odysseus also known by the Roman name Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
The man who started it all. #1

written in your mud with my stick
 

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