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In Honor Of Columbus Day, Who Is Your Favorite Explorer(s)?
Posted on 10/12/26 at 11:45 am
Posted on 10/12/26 at 11:45 am
I’m going with Leslie Edwards and Bartholomew Hunt.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:02 pm to LuckyTiger
Leif Erickson.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:06 pm to LuckyTiger
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. GOAT.
Then it’s René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle. Pure explorer archetype. Essential to Louisiana lore.
Close third is Hernán Cortés. His decision to scuttle the ships (“burn the ships!”) in his strategy to conquer the Aztecs is epic.
Then it’s René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle. Pure explorer archetype. Essential to Louisiana lore.
Close third is Hernán Cortés. His decision to scuttle the ships (“burn the ships!”) in his strategy to conquer the Aztecs is epic.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:07 pm to TrueTiger
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Leif Erickson
An excellent choice.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:07 pm to LuckyTiger
Dora was pretty solid but we all know Boots was the real brains of the operation
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:09 pm to LuckyTiger
Whoever was the most brutal and savage is my favorite. Or whoever it was that loaded up all the gold and silver from Mexico and the boats ended up sinking once they got a few miles off shore because they put too much.
People that get triggered over explorers from 500 years ago are idiots those guys had balls of steel and were very smart men.
People that get triggered over explorers from 500 years ago are idiots those guys had balls of steel and were very smart men.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:12 pm to LuckyTiger
James T. Kirk
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:25 pm to dolamite
Shackleton
His exploits are incredible
His exploits are incredible
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:38 pm to TheRouxGuru
DeSoto and LaSalle, the real early ones that were exploring America when they didn't know what the heck was here. du Pratz was another one.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:39 pm to ataraxia
I guess Cortez could be an Explorer, but he was more of a conqueror than anything else. His full intent in the Mexico campaign was to conquer. So much so that Velasquez the governor in Havana had canceled Cortez's expedition because it was not the will of the crown to subjugation anymore native populations at the time.....but Cortez went anyway. He later did a little exploring into Honduras and he had set out an expedition that mapped Baja and the Gulf of California.
Same was true of Pizarro in Peru.
Same was true of Pizarro in Peru.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:41 pm to LuckyTiger
Roald Amundsen
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:43 pm to LuckyTiger
Bill and Ted.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:45 pm to ronricks
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whoever it was that loaded up all the gold and silver from Mexico and the boats ended up sinking once they got a few miles off shore because they put too much.
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were very smart men.
Doesn't seem very smart
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:49 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Doesn't seem very smart
You can be smart and greedy at the same time.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:50 pm to LuckyTiger
Les Miles
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:50 pm to ronricks
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You can be smart and greedy at the same time.
True, but the actual smart and greedy people don't sink their own boats. (Unless they're insured for more than their value)
This post was edited on 10/12/26 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:53 pm to LuckyTiger
Captain Henry Miller Shreve Posted on 10/12/26 at 12:56 pm to LuckyTiger
The Captain James Cook 14 touchdowns last year
Posted on 10/12/26 at 1:13 pm to LuckyTiger
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