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19Famous Explorers11A person who fearlessly travels to discover something unknown to the rest of the world is called an explorer. Throughout centuries, some brave explorers have been travelling around the globe to discover new lands, people and animal species.Read the descriptions and identify these explorers. Write their names with the help of the Clue Box.World%u2019s greatest explorer, who made 30 expeditions to the North and South Poles..........................................English explorer who sailed around Australia, tracing its coastline. .........................................Firstexplorertoflyacrossthe Atlantic that made travelling by air acceptable..........................................14725836First European to explore parts of Africa and African rivers..........................................FirstwomantoflyovertheNorth Pole and explore the Arctic Ocean..........................................First explorer to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench..........................................First explorer to reach the SouthPoleandthefirsttocross the Arctic by air. .........................................First American to orbit the earth in space..........................................Roald Amundsen, Matthew Flinders, Ranulph Fiennes, John Glenn, Charles A. Lindbergh, David Livingstone, Jacques Piccard, Louise Arner BoydClue Box