Exploration

Was the first to sail north of 88° N lattitude. The convention is held at a different city each year. Led over 40 expeditions to the Arctic, more than anyone before or since. The first was held in 1975 and it has occurred every year since. Robert Bartlett (1875 - 1946) - Newfoundland captain. Fans of fantasy get together yearly at the World Fantasy Convention. Explored much of the Pacific including New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii. Noteworthy in this regard are the science fantasy and dark fantasy subgenres, which the fantasy genre shares with science fiction and horror, respectively.

James Cook (1728 - 1779) - English naval captain. Fantasy subgenres are numerous and diverse, frequently overlapping with other forms of speculative fiction in almost every medium in which they're produced. Explored the Siberian Far West and Alaska and claimed it for Russia. Modern fantasy, including early modern fantasy, has also spawned many new subgenres with no clear counterpart in mythology or folklore, although inspiration from mythology and folklore remains a consistent theme. Vitus Bering (1681 - 1741) - Danish explorer. Similarly, series of novels based on fantasy films and TV series have found their own niche. The first Englishman to sail around the world and survive. Game companies have published fantasy novels set in their own fictional game universes; the Forgotten Realms, and Dragonlance series are some of the more popular.

1540 - 1596) - English explorer. Role-playing games have in turn spawned much new art, literature, and even music in the genre. Sir Francis Drake (c. The 'pen & paper' role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was the first and is arguably the most successful and influential, though the science fantasy role-playing game series Final Fantasy has been an icon of the computer role-playing game genre. Searched for the Seven Cities of Gold and discovered the Grand Canyon in the process. Fantasy role-playing games cross several different media. 1510 - 1554) - Spanish explorer. While fantasy art and fantasy films have been hugely successful, it is fantasy literature which has always been the most expansive and diverse.

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (c. Fantasy is a popular genre, having found a home for itself in almost every medium. Explored Florida, mainly northwest Florida, and discovered the Mississippi River. Fantasy writing saw renewed popularity, often influenced by these seminal works and, like them, borrowing from myth, epic, and medieval romance. 1496 - 1542) - Spanish explorer. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. Hernando de Soto (c. Some of the most important contributors to the Sword and Sorcery genre include Fritz Leiber, Robert E.

Discovered Canada. Le Guin's Earthsea series. Jacques Cartier (1491 – 1557) - French explorer. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and Ursula K. Conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain. S. Hernán Cortés (1485 - 1545) - Spanish explorer. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are milestones; other important works include C.

Explored the northeast coast of America, from Newfoundland to about present day South Carolina. R. 1485 - 1528) - Italian explorer. R. Giovanni da Verrazano (c. Within the High Fantasy genre, J. He died in the Philippines which he claimed for Spain but his ship made it back. In the mid-1900's, two subgenres of fantasy became very popular and influential: high fantasy and sword and sorcery.

Sailed around Cape Horn and named Pacific Ocean. In the early to mid 20th century, much fantasy was published in the same magazines as science fiction (and often written by the same authors). Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) - Portuguese explorer. The history of modern imaginary-world fantasy begins with William Morris, who pioneered the genre in the late 19th century with The Well at the World's End and other novels, and Lord Dunsany, who continued the tradition into the 20th. Conquered the Inca Empire. In this way, fantasy has been so intimate a part of the history of our species, one might say that it's part of what makes us human. 1475 - 1541) - Spanish explorer. From The Odyssey to Beowulf, from Arthurian Legend and medieval romance to the epic Divine Comedy, in every known culture the world over, fantastical adventures featuring brave heroes and heroines, deadly monsters, and secret arcane realms have stirred the mind and inspired the soul for as long as we've had the ability to tell of them.

Francisco Pizarro (c. Beginning perhaps with the Epic of Gilgamesh and the earliest written documents known to humankind, elements that would eventually come to define fantasy and its various subgenres have been a part of some of the grandest and most celebrated works in all of history. The first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama view the ocean from American shores. Though the genre in its modern sense is less than two centuries old, its antecedents have a long and distinguished history. 1475 - 1519) - European Explorer. Further blurring the definition, some suggest there is a distinction between the fantasy genre and "the fantastic", the latter being a fantasy-like element in other fiction. Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. Some writers and critics prefer the term speculative fiction due to the frequent crossover from one genre to another.

He sailed from Portugal to India to rounding the Cape of Good Hope. All three genres feature elements of the fantastic, of making radical departures from reality or radical speculations about what reality might be like, or might have been like. 1469 - 1524) - Portuguese explorer. As a genre, fantasy is both associated and contrasted with science fiction and horror fiction. Vasco da Gama (c. But, again, definitions and opinions on the proper classification differ. He explored Florida while vainly trying to find the Fountain of Youth. A critical characteristic is that the world features some difference from Earth that is not a result of science or technology, but rather the result of magic or other anomalous phenomena.

1460 - 1521) - Spanish explorer. Characteristics of fantasy fiction and its many overlapping sub-genres are the subjects of debate among some fans and writers. Juan Ponce de León (c. . Sailed in 1492 and discovered the "New World" of the Americas.
. Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506) - Italian explorer. In other cases, most frequently in works of modern fantasy in the high fantasy subgenre, the story might take place in a fantasy world that is wholly different from our own, complete with distinct laws of nature that permit magic.

Discovered Newfoundland and claimed it for the Kingdom of England. In many cases, especially in older works of fantasy but in many modern works as well, this is explained by means of divine intervention, magic, or other supernatural forces. 1450 - 1499) - Italian explorer. As with other forms of speculative fiction, actions and events in fantasy very often differ from those possible in consensus reality. John Cabot (c. In its broadest sense, fantasy covers works by many writers, artists, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends, to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today. Marco Polo (1254 - 1324) - Italian explorer. The genre is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by overall look, feel, and theme of the individual work, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction).

After being cast out from Iceland, he sailed to Greenland and settled. Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. Erik the Red (950 - 1003) - Viking explorer. Zheng He. Exploration is the attempt to develop an initial, rough understanding of some phenomenon.

In scientific research, exploration is one of three purposes of research (the other two being description and explanation). Exploration has existed as long as human beings, but its peak is seen as being during the Age of Exploration when European navigators travelled around the world. of unknown regions, including space (space exploration), or oil, gas, coal, ores, caves, water (also known as prospecting), or information. Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e.g.

Exploration of Mars. Exploration of the moon. Exploration of the High Alps. European exploration of North America.

European exploration of Australia. European exploration of Africa. European exploration of Asia. Exploration of the Americas.

American exploration. Native American exploration. African exploration. Exploration of the Pacific.

Exploration of Asia. Asian exploration.