"explorer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Spanish explorers observed the sound in 1791 and named it Boca del Carmelo.
- Spanish explorers, who discovered the islands in the 16th century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning tortoise.
- Early explorers named it Squally Island, a name still found in some early records.
- According to local tradition the early French explorers named the creek Papillion because many butterflies were found along its grassy banks.
- In 1938 an explorer from Philadelphia named Joe Ryan came to the region prospecting gold.
- These explorers named the area Saucelito ("little willows") after the vegetation spotted from shipboard.
- In Australia, 19th-century explorers named a number of islands "Goose Island" due to the species' presence there.
- The explorers then named the mountain "Magazine".
- Between 1770 and 1853 many explorers mapped out the inner regions of the coast and named the landforms.
- The Spanish explorers named Argentina for the valuable silver they were seeking there.
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