Historical Explorations and Expeditions

Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to land on Moon on July 21, 1969 as per Indian time.

Aerial photographs were the first result of remote sensing utilized by the cartographers, or map makers. In 1858, French map-makers used a hot air balloon and primitive cameras to take inclined aerial photographs of the landscape.

The mountain was named after Sir George Everest, a British surveyor who served as Surveyor General of India, after his team determined it was the highest peak.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa were the first confirmed individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11 and became the first human to step onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and the United States. Their first European contact was with the Vikings who settled in Greenland and explored the eastern Canadian coast. 

Marco Polo, the Italian traveller of the 13th century introduced Asia, especially China to Europe. He stayed in China for 17 years. he wrote about flora and fauna, social life, culture and trade systems of Asia.

Benjamin of Tudela was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa between 1165 and 1173. His travelogue is a significant historical source for the geography and ethnography of the 12th century.

Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, 1969. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11.

Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon. They landed on the moon in the Lunar Module. It was called the Eagle. Collins stayed in orbit around the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon.

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.

Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon.

Kayalpatnam (aka Kayalpattinam), or Korkai is a town in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu, India. Kayal is referred to in Marco Polo's travel diaries dating to 1250 AD. Kayal was an ancient port dating to the 1st centuries of the Christian era and was contemporaneous to the existence of Kollam, another Pandyan port.

The first European to sight the Australian continent was Dutchman Willem Janszoon in 1606, along the coast of Cape York Peninsula. The Dutch mapped the northern coastline, referring to the continent as “New Holland".

Christopher Columbus is historically credited with the European discovery of the Americas in 1492, which led to widespread contact between the Old World and the New World.

Portuguese explorer and navigator Vasco de Gama discovered a new sea route to India in 1498. Vasco de Gama is regarded as the first European to reach India by sea. He crossed Cape of Good Hope (Africa) and reached Calicut (Kozhikode) in Malabar Coast (Kerala) where he met the King of Calicut, Zamorin who welcomed him graciously.

Portuguese explorer Prince Henry, also known as the Navigator, was the first European to methodically explore Africa and the oceanic route to the Indies. From his residence in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, he directed successive expeditions to circumnavigate Africa and reach India.