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someone who gets lost on purpose, then sells you the map.
means A person who travels into unknown or unfamiliar places to discover what's there, whether geography, ideas, or the back of a confusing cave.
from From the Latin 'explorare,' to search out or investigate. The roots break down to 'ex-' (out) plus 'plorare,' to cry out — which has led to the charming theory that hunters once 'cried out' to flush game from cover, or that scouts shouted back what they'd found. That hunting story is plausible but unproven; what's certain is that 'plorare' usually meant to wail or weep, so the word carries a faint, strange echo of crying out into the unknown. It reached English through French in the 1500s.
- name origin
- From Latin explorare, meaning to search out
- deadly job
- Half of Magellan's circumnavigation crew died at sea
- polar irony
- Amundsen reached the South Pole, then vanished in the Arctic
- browser ghost
- Internet Explorer was retired by Microsoft in 2022
- blank spots
- Old maps labeled the unknown with sea monsters
christopher columbus — italian navigator who sailed for spain and reached the caribbean in 1492
lewis and clark expedition — meriwether lewis and william clark explored the louisiana territory from 1804-1806
ernest shackleton — irish explorer who led the endurance expedition to antarctica in 1914-1916
zheng he — chinese admiral who commanded massive treasure voyages across the indian ocean 1405-1433