exploration routes
Uncharted travel paths
Exploration routes are paths or courses followed when investigating unfamiliar territory.
The term applies to historical journeys of discovery—the exploration routes of Lewis and Clark—as well as planned itineraries for travelers seeking to explore a region: We mapped out several exploration routes through the national park.
In gaming and adventure contexts, exploration routes may refer to optional paths players can take to discover hidden areas.
- Northwest PassageArctic shipping channel
- Cape of Good HopeSouth African peninsula tip
- pilgrimage pathRoute to holy destination
- Silk RoadHistoric transcontinental trade network
- spice routesHistorical paths for seasoning commerce
trail · Trans-Saharan trade · ancient trade routes · pathway · Roman roads · trade networks · expedition · caravan routes · fur trade · Age of Discovery · beaten path · mountain pass · archaeological sites · corridor · charting · cartography · desert · surveying
- American frontierfrontier, westward expansion, pioneers, homesteading, homesteads
- cartographymaps, world map, atlas, globes, cartographers
- Arctic ExplorationNorth Pole, Arctic, Arctic Circle, polar expedition, Northwest Passage
- Canadian FrontierBritish Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon
- expedition recordsexpedition journals, field notes, travel diaries, travel accounts, log
- historic routesancient roads, trade routes, merchant routes, caravan routes, pilgrimage routes
exploration routestrade routes
Paths for exchanging goods
commuter routes · supply lines · delivery routes · shipping lanes · transit routes