Probably, someone considers these people cranks. They left comfortable homes, families and went into the unknown in order to see new uncharted lands. Legends are composed of their courage. These are famous travelers of the world whose names will forever remain in history. Today we will try to introduce you to some of them.
Famous Russian travelers
The history of our country holds many names of people who have made a huge contribution to its development. Let us dwell on the most famous.
Ermak Alenin (Ataman Ermak)
The outstanding personality of Ermak Timofeevich Alyonin causes endless debate. More often it is called ataman Ermak. History keeps a secret where it came from. There is no genuine information about how this name appeared.
Cossack Ermak, who was accused of robbery and crimes, fell out of favor with Ivan the Terrible himself. In those days, this was tantamount to a death sentence. To avoid imminent execution, the chieftain appeals for help to influential people, and finds her in the merchant family of the Stroganovs.
The financial interest of the Strogonovs, who sold furs, sent the thoughts of the merchants to the search for new lands beyond the Urals. This territory belonged to the Siberian khans.
In 1581, with Ermak, 800 Cossacks from the Solikamsk estate of the Strogonovs went to conquer Siberia. They won their first victory on the banks of the Irtysh. A year later, Yermak reported on the results, and they removed the disgrace from him.
Ataman Ermak is the first of the Europeans who moved to Asia from the Urals. Since it began the development of Siberia.
Modest Bogdanov
Famous Russian travelers made many important discoveries. A considerable trace was left by the zoologist Modest Bogdanov. He was born in the village of Russian Bekshanka in the
Simbirsk province in early 1841.
From 1868 to 1870, Bogdanov traveled around the Volga region. At the age of thirty, he becomes a master of zoology at the University of St. Petersburg. He is elected as a full-time assistant professor, and a year later he is the official keeper of the zoo museum created at the Academy of Sciences.
In 1871, Bogdanov went on an expedition to the Caucasus (on behalf of the Kazan Society of Naturalists). It should be noted that many famous researchers, travelers are often interested in these places. The expedition helped to collect rich scientific material.
In 1873, Bogdanov went to Central Asia to explore the Khiva oasis. Famous geographers and travelers of the world appreciated the outstanding works that he left in the Imperial Geographical Society. The expedition to the Aralokaspiyskiy region made a huge impression on Bogdanov and served as the basis for his participation in the next trip. Two years later, he led an expedition to the North Ocean.
Fedor Konyukhov
The famous traveler was born in the fishing village of Chkalovo on the Sea of Azov in December 1951. For two decades, Fedor Filippovich participated in expeditions to the South and North Poles. Among his achievements is the conquest of the highest mountains of the planet. If you ask our compatriots: “Who are the most famous travelers of Russia?”, Many will answer that this is Fedor Konyukhov. Among his achievements are four circumnavigations of the world. The
Atlantic Ocean submitted to him fifteen times
. It should be noted that once he went to conquer the Atlantic in a boat on oars.
Fyodor Konyukhov entered the world travel history as the first Russian citizen who successfully completed the complex Big Helmet program. It includes the conquest of three points: Everest, the North and South Poles. He visited the North Pole three times and once at the South. Conquered the Pole of relative inaccessibility and Everest, which is also called the Pole of heights. He also visited Cape Horn.
Mikhail Venyukov
The Russian traveler and explorer Venyukov lived a long and interesting life. He traveled to many countries, made many important discoveries in domestic science. Venyukov was a graduate of the Imperial Military Academy.
After training and until the end of his days, M.I. Venyukov devoted himself to his beloved business - traveling around the world, which were always associated with scientific goals, collecting invaluable materials for various fields of science.
From 1857 to 1863 he traveled to the Amur, Ussuri Territory, Transbaikalia. He visited the Tien Shan and Issyk-Kul, the Caucasus and Altai. At this time, Mikhail Venyukov was awarded the rank of major. In 1868 and 1869, this great man traveled around the world, during which he visited Japan and China.
World famous travelers
The world knows many travelers who saw the purpose of their lives exploring unknown lands. It is to them that we owe the knowledge that we possess today.
Roald amundsen
Roal Engelbert Graving Amundsen is a researcher and polar explorer from Norway. He lived only 56 years, but in such a short period he made many discoveries. He died in the search for the missing expedition of Umberto Nobile. The list of his achievements includes the conquest of the South Pole. It was he, with Oscar Wisting, who visited both poles of the Earth, carried out sea research transitions along the eastern and western sea routes.
In the period from 1903 to 1906, Roald Amundsen on a yacht first circled North America. After spending two winters at Joa, Amundsen carefully examined the Simpson Strait in the fall of 1904 and opened the way along the mainland. Famous travelers and their discoveries in the field of geography are an inexhaustible source of knowledge for modern researchers.
Amundsen collected materials on shallow waters, bays and straits, meteorology, as well as ethnography. In their third expedition around North America, Amundsen and his like-minded people wintered off the northern coast of Canada. The following year, famous travelers crossed the Bering Strait and reached the Pacific Ocean. The materials collected by Amundsen made an invaluable contribution to world science.
Bring back Cameron
Famous travelers from the UK have done a lot to study the surface of the Earth and compile accurate geographic maps. One of them is Verni Cameron, who became one of the European
explorers of Africa. This man was the first to cross Africa from the shores of the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic.
The famous traveler was born in July 1844. He was a naval officer who took part in the military conflict that began in Abyssinia (1868). In addition, he had the opportunity to participate in a campaign conducted by British troops. Its goal was to suppress the slave trade in East Africa.
In 1872, he was appointed head of the expedition, which was supposed to save David Livingstone 's group . Cameron's team arrived in Zanzibar in early March 1873. March 24, famous travelers crossed the continent. A few months later, Verni Cameron's rescue team met with a detachment that consisted of the remnants of D. Livingstone's expedition bound for Zanzibar.
Verni Cameron's expedition to Africa is recognized as the most effective in the field of observations and determination of geographical position. Upon completion, Verni Cameron was awarded the geographical societies of London and Paris.
Jacques Cousteau
Famous travelers and their discoveries of past centuries seem very distant to us, and the name of this French oceanographer, researcher is well known to our contemporaries.
Jacques Cousteau is a true legend. This name is inextricably linked not only with the outstanding and vibrant personality of an amazing person, but also with the world of his inventions and research, versatile activities and great heritage.
Jacques Yves Cousteau was born in 1910. This stunning man lived for almost a hundred years, devoting his life to the ocean, researching its depths. It would seem that just recently we all watched the underwater odysseys of Cousteau and his team.
The brilliant scientist was often compared with Gagarin. Both were pioneers. Gagarin opened the cosmos to mankind, Cousteau - the underwater world.
Today's famous travelers are young and energetic people from around the world. While their names are known only to specialists, but years will pass - and if not all, then many will learn about their discoveries, and will appreciate them.