Adventure Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“When, in the fifteenth century, some audacious mariners who had sailed from Europe discovered America, nothing seemed to justify such a venture in the…

— Pierre Boulle

If Columbus was the first to discover the islands, Americus Vespucius and Cabot, and the Puritans, and we their descendants, havediscovered only the shores…

— Henry David Thoreau

“After the arrival of Europeans, the Big Island’s King Kamehameha I rapidly proceeded with the consolidation of the largest islands by purchasing European guns…

— Jared Diamond

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that…

— Jon Stewart

“In a ravenous fifty-five-day spasm during the summer of 1898, the United States asserted control over five far-flung lands with a total of 11…

— Stephen Kinzer

If the European discovery had been delayed for a century or two, it is possible that the Aztec in Mexico or the Iroquois in…

— Samuel Eliot Morison

“Columbus was not the first person to discover America, but the last.”

— Pedro Domingos

The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent storm-tossed seas…

— Dave Barry

“Long before Christopher Columbus, the celebrated Chinese navigator Zheng He travelled through the south and westward maritime routes in the Indian Ocean and established…

— Patrick Mendis

“Despite their proximity to mainland Alaska and an important maritime route, the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians would not have the impact Japan hoped…

— Charles River Editors

We emigrated from South Korea to the island of Guam.

— Young Kim

“If Captain Cook was not the first of European navigators to discover the Hawaiian Islands, he was at least the first to chart and…

— King David Kalakaua