the.com/explore
the verb that built empires, sank ships, and named half the moons we can see
means To travel through or examine something unfamiliar in order to discover what's there, whether a continent, a cave, or an idea.
from From Latin 'explorare,' to search out or investigate. The traditional breakdown is 'ex-' (out) plus 'plorare' (to cry out) — and one charming theory says it began as a hunting term, where beaters would shout to flush game from cover, so to 'explore' was literally to cry out and see what stirs. That story is plausible but not certain; 'plorare' usually means to wail or weep, which makes the connection a little murky. The word reached English via French around the late 16th century, just as the age of sea voyages was giving it a great deal of work to do.
- latin roots
- From explorare, possibly meaning to shout while hunting
- named gear
- Ford Explorer outsold most actual exploring by far
- deep sea
- Less mapped than the surface of Mars
- brain wiring
- Curiosity triggers the same reward as food
lewis and clark expedition — 1804-1806 journey across north america to map territory and find northwest passage
jacques cousteau documentaries — french oceanographer's undersea films starting 1943, pioneered scuba exploration
apollo 11 moon landing — july 1969 mission where armstrong and aldrin first walked on lunar surface