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Short A Few Who Dared
Read 1 Throughout history, courageous men and women have boldly ventured into little-known—

sometimes unknown—territory. Some explore to answer the call of curiosity. Others do so for
glory or the chance to be first. Still others thirst for the chance to discover new lands or spaces.
From the top of the world to the bottom of the sea to outer space, this timeline is a chronology
of a few of history’s daring explorers from the last two centuries.
1804 1909

Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Matthew Henson and
and Sacagawea Robert Peary

What they explored: The northwestern United States What they explored: The Arctic
2 Details: In 1804 leaders Meriwether Lewis and 3 Details: By 1909, Americans Matthew Henson
William Clark and a team of more than thirty and Robert Peary had already made several
people embarked on a two-year exploration of expeditions together to the Arctic. They were
what is now the northwestern part of the United determined to reach the North Pole, for the
States. The United States had recently purchased glory of being the first men to set foot on that
the land from France and President Thomas remote location. In March of 1909, the
Jefferson wanted to know more about this explorers, along with four Inuit men, made
uncharted territory. He also wanted the their way toward the North Pole, traveling by
expedition, known as the Corps of Discovery, to dogsled and sleeping in igloos at night.
find a route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Progress was slow—and extremely dangerous.
Ocean. In what is now North Dakota, a Native At different points Peary
American woman named Sacagawea (sah-kuh- and Henson plunged
guh-WEE-uh) joined the Corps to help the through the ice. Finally,
explorers communicate with other native people on April 6, they reached
during their journey. The Corps reached the what they believed to
Pacific Ocean in November of 1805. By the time be the North Pole.
they returned to Missouri in September of 1806, Some historians believe Henson
the Corps had covered about 8,000 miles— and Peary missed the Pole by
through rugged mountain ranges, down raging about 60 miles.
rivers, and across harsh wilderness.

The name Sacagawea means “Bird Woman.”

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