after months at sea they sighted land
1land — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 surface of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ dry ▪ It was good to be on dry land again after months at sea. VERB + LAND ▪ reach ▪ The explorers reached land after a long voyage …
2Battle of the Philippine Sea — Part of World War II, Pacific War …
3Battle of the Coral Sea — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …
4Major explorations after the Age of Discovery — Major explorations continued after the Age of Discovery. By the early seventeenth century, vessels were sufficiently well built and their navigators competent enough to travel to virtually anywhere on the planet by sea. In the 17th century Dutch… …
5Jules Dumont d'Urville — This article is about the French explorer. For the French base in Antarctica at 64°40 S and 140°1 E, see Dumont d Urville Station. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a… …
6Luis Váez de Torres — (born c. 1565; fl. 1607) was a 16th 17th century Spanish maritime explorer serving the Spanish Crown, noted for the first recorded navigation of the strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now… …
7George Anson's voyage around the world — While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain s Pacific possessions. Returning to England in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a… …
8Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
9Fridtjof Nansen — For other uses, see Nansen (disambiguation) and Fridtjof Nansen (disambiguation). Fridtjof Nansen Born 10 October …
10brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of… …
