Who Paid for Exploration?

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  • Who Paid for Exploration?

    Posted by profmag on September 25, 2024 at 2:45 am

    Work in teams of 2. Pick one or more explorers from this list or surveyors from this list. Or pick one of your favorite places in the world and find out who explored or surveyed the place. Research the following question:

    How did they fund their journey? Who supported them?

    Write about what you find and share your findings with the group. Don’t forget details like names, places, and dates.

    BlackoutKnight replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • etcetera

    Member
    September 26, 2024 at 2:18 pm

    In 1948 Henry Walter Bates and his friend Alfred Russel Wallace left Liverpool for the Amazon. They planned on funding their expedition by sending specimens back to England where an agent would sell them. They landed in Belem once called Para and stayed there for a year. They then agreed to move inland independently. He would then move up the Amazon. He would send approximately 15,000 species back to England of which 8,000 would be claimed as new. Of these, at least 550 would be butterflies. He is credited with the theory of Batesian Mimicry which bears his name, it is the theory of non-toxic or dangerous species mimicking the colors and patterns of toxic and dangerous species as a deterrent to predators. He would return to England in 1859 and work for the Royal Geographical Society for the rest of his life.

  • BlackoutKnight

    Member
    September 26, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    William Adams (24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620) became the first Englishman to reach Japan (1600-16 may 1620) as part of a five ship expedition he came on the only ship that survived the De Liefde he eventually became one of the Hatamoto (basically a high ranking samurai)under shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Adams born in Gillingham Kent England his father died when he was twelve he eventually became apprenticed to Master Nicholas Diggins for the seafaring life at twenty-four he entered the royal navy

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