Dear Explorers,
Imagine you’re on a ship that’s sailing into unknown waters. Sailors who have gone this way before have never returned, and there’s a good chance that you won’t either. If you do, however, great riches and fame await. You expect to see things that people from your culture have never seen before. You expect to be amazed (or to die).

What kind of courage does it require to do something that’s never been done before? What kind of person chooses to leave the comfort of their home to explore the dangers on the blank parts of the map? What would tempt a person to risk so much? We’ll read about these explorers’ thirst for riches and fame, but we’ll also learn about the uniquely human urge to do things that were previously thought impossible and to reveal truths about the world that were never imagined.

Happy Exploring,

Mr. Heimbuck