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The Explorers Concluded
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Sven Hedin: Swedish explorer of Central Asia. He tomb robbed a Zoroastrian temple in Iran. Entered and was later expelled from xenophobic Tibet. Discovered a 2,000 year old city in the Lop Nar Desert in China with many ancient Chinese manuscripts.
Marc Aurel Stein: Hungarian discoverer of the ancient Silk Road between China and Europe, and the “Cave of a Thousand Buddhas.” The temple was filled with artifacts, most of which got packed up and sent to European museums. Most importantly, he recovered the Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest surviving printed book.
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt: Swiss explorer and first European to see the canyon city of Petra in Palestine. Studied ancient Egyptian temples in Nubia.
Charles Montagu Doughty: First European to see the Natotean sandstone city Mada’in Salih. His work was admired by TE Lawrence of WWI British Intelligence, who helped start an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks. Gertrude Bell was also a contemporary explorer of the area and also an intelligence officer.
Bertram Thomas: Rival of fellow Brit explorer Harry St John Philby in an effort to explore the “Empty Quarter” of Saudi Arabia first. Wilfred Thesiger was another prominent explorer of the area.
Freya Stark: Mapper of the Valleys of the Assassins in Iran. Searched for a lost city of ancient temples mentioned by Roman texts in Yemen. She also worked for British Intelligence in WWII.
Charles Darwin, Alexander Von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace: All well-traveled scientific explorers, collecting plant, animal, and mineral specimens from around the world. Darwin’s five-year journey in the HMS Beagle circumnavigated the globe.
Hiram Bingham: American explorer who found the Lost City of the Incas’, Machu Picchu.
Neil Armstrong: First man to step on the moon. Every other explorer’s accomplishments look a puny by comparison. Just imagine though, Neil finds Richard Hoagland’s lost moon civilization, or Ming’s advance base for his planned invasion of earth from Mongo, or Iron Sky space Nazi’s!
I hope this list provides a few adventuring and NPC ideas.
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