Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries History of Now Amanda Bellows | Author, The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions ...

When James Beckwourth headed to California during the Gold Rush, he discovered, instead of riches, a pass through the Sierra Nevada. Around the time Florence Merriam graduated from Smith College in ...

American cave explorer Mark Dickey was successfully rescued from one of Turkey’s deepest cave systems on Monday, after a dayslong complex international mission. Photo: Umit Bektas/Reuters An American ...

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American explorer Mark Dickey, who is trapped in one of the world’s deepest caves, could be just hours away from beginning his long journey to the surface. It’s been nearly a week since a frightening ...

The Bahamas is making its Venice Biennale debut this year with a look at one of history’s overlooked Arctic explorers, a man who may have even been the first to set foot on the North Pole. Tavares ...