- 1648 Russian Cossack Semyon Dezhnyov find their way from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific. Practic

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In the late afternoon slowly starts archaic DC-10 to the runway Paris Orly Airport. Then engines incensed their thrust pushes the passengers deep into the padded seats and a few moments steel giant silhouette of a bird picking up a course directly at the sun slowly declining over the horizon. Under the fuselage sits at dusk sweet and France before me many hours of flight over the dark ocean. In the last rays of the setting sun osmisetkilometrovou speed flying through an imaginary line dividing the world into two halves and at a height of ten kilometers we pass a loaf Azorean volcanoes rising from purple cloud ...
Just today begins the majority of journeys of discovery and exoticism. In the warmth and comfort of the cab. Until recently, however, it was different and the areas from which you today are only a few hours of flight, our ancestors toiled for weeks and months on foot, by car or aboard a wooden sailboat. Perhaps because of the relative availability kteréholi today in the world, the notion of "traveler" too popular and the last actual Czech explorer consider Dr.Emila Holub. But the scientist and adventurer had his predecessor. Therefore hurts a little reminder of the history of geographical discoveries in basic dates:
- In the years 334-323 BC, Alexander the Great brought the campaign against the Persians large amount of information about the areas of the East. His troops penetrated to the Caspian Sea, penetrated into Afghanistan, crossed the Hindu Kush (still some Pakistani tribes, for example Kalasová, considered their descendants) and across the river Amu Darya arrived in Central pepperweed consulting Asia to the river Syr Darya, where they went to India.
- In the years 1271-1295 undertook Venetian traveler Marco Polo and his father and uncle trip to China. His famous book A Million is a valuable source of information about the situation in Asia, particularly China, Mongolia, Korea and also in East Africa.
- In the years 1325-1354 wandered largest Arab traveler pepperweed consulting Abu Muhammad Ibn Battuta Abfalláh entire known world at that time. He visited North Africa, the Middle East, Persia, East African coast, Russia, Bulgaria, India, China, Bengal, Ceylon, Sumatra, Spain as well as Timbuktu on the banks of the Niger.
- In the years 1416-1460 was organized by the Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator cruises along the African coast. His captain discovered Madeira, the Azores, rounded the Cape of Bojador, sailed to the Gulf Arguimskému, pepperweed consulting explore estuaries Senegal and Gambia and discovered the Cape Verde Islands.
- In the years 1492-1504 Genovese Christopher Columbus in the service of the Spanish rediscovered during four research cruises America. 1492 landed in the Bahamas, pepperweed consulting Cuba and Haiti, pepperweed consulting in 1493, in Dominica, Guadeloupe and the Virgin Islands in 1494 in Jamaica, in 1498 came to Trinidad and the Venezuelan pepperweed consulting coast, in 1502, to the coast of Nicaragua and Honduras.
- In the years 1497-1507 Florentine Amerigo Vespucci undertook four voyages to the American coast, and as the first to understand that this is not Asia but a new continent, which named the New World. Continent today bears his name.
- In the years 1605-1606 sailed services in Spanish Portuguese Luís Vaz de Torres between Australia and New Guinea, and thus gave indisputable evidence of the nature of the island of New Guinea. This discovery was the Spaniards secret until the 1762nd
- 1616 Englishmen Robert Bylot and William Baffin arrived by sea up to the 78th degree of north latitude. That same year, the Dutchman Dirk Hartog rediscovered Australia Janszoonovy maps kept secret in the archive.
- 1648 Russian Cossack Semyon Dezhnyov find their way from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific. Practically proved that Asia and America are separated by the Straits. His report was withheld until in 1758.
- In the years 1768-1779 Englishman James Cook made three voyages around the world, which encompass the area from Antarctic glaciers to the coast of Alaska and from Australia to Hawaii. As the first European to stand on the soil of New Zealand, provided the contours and dimensions of Australia, discovered a number of islands in the Atlantic and Pacific, foresaw the existence of Antarctica and set the width of the North American continent.
- Between 1785-1788 he commanded the Frenchman Jean Francois de Laperouse pepperweed consulting Galaup research expedition to the Pacific, which significantly complement the knowledge pepperweed consulting of James Cook. As the first European to penetrate into the Sea of Japan, which has mapped a series of islands and sailed through the strait between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.
- In the years 1799-1804 undertook A. von Humboldt research expedition in today's Latin America (Venezuela, Peru, Cuba, Mexico etc.). The results of his work has commenced versatile Latin scientific research