global exploration
Planetary survey missions
Global exploration refers to the systematic discovery and investigation of the world's lands, seas, and peoples, particularly the era from the 15th through 17th centuries when European powers mapped coastlines, established trade routes, and colonized distant territories.
The term encompasses both the Age of Exploration proper and modern scientific endeavors to study remote regions.
The museum's exhibit on global exploration featured navigational instruments from Portuguese voyages.
- ColumbusOhio's seat of government
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- spice tradeHistorical exchange of aromatics
- biodiversityRange of life forms
Magellan · geology · astrolabe · trade routes · compass · anthropology · cartography · world map · botany · satellite imaging · remote sensing · Vasco da Gama · Lewis and Clark · migration · culinary traditions · language studies · sextant · oceanography
global explorationlocal tourism
Visiting attractions near home
village life · localism · insularity · domestic travel · domestic tourism
global explorationstaying home
Not going out
staying put · immobility · sedentariness · rootedness · stagnation
global explorationisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
insularity · xenophobia · closed borders · withdrawal · nativism
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