Though he revealed little of himself in his widely translated book, The Description of the World, Marco is idealized as a explorer on a mosaic in Genoa, Italy, pictured here.

尽管在他被广泛翻译的著作《马可波罗历险记》里他很少提到自己，马可仍被想象成为一个博学的探险者，被画在意大利热那亚的一副镶嵌画上。

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Columbus, an Italian explorer sailing under the Spanish flag, led four expeditions to the New World, but never accomplished his original goal — to find a western ocean route to Asia.

意大利探险家哥伦布受命西班牙国王，四次率领船队探索新世界，但从来没有完成他最初的目标，也就是找到一条向西通往亚洲的海上航线。

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It was upon this backdrop that an explorer, Christopher Columbus, submitted his plans for a voyage to Asia by sailing around the world.

正是在这个背景下，出现了一个叫哥伦布的探险家，提出了环游世界探寻亚洲的计划。

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Celine Cousteau is the granddaughter of world renown ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau.

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However, alongside my experiences as a doctor, I also travel the world as a scientific explorer.

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The expedition force is led by the man known as the world's greatest living explorer - 68-year-old Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

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This is only the latest challenge for the man described in the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's greatest living explorer".

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