"It's a native of Colombia, the kind of thing the early explorers would bring back to England," he said.

In the 17th century, explorers brought artists on their trips to sketch the unfamiliar, indescribable flora they all saw.

The explorers had brought back various animal specimens, both living and dead, from other parts of the planet and they had been experimenting with them.

In the 13th century, greenhouses were built in Italy to house the exotic plants that explorers brought back from the tropics.

In the 1500s, Italian gardeners built structures for the tropical plants that explorers brought back to Italy.

If the old explorers had brought women with them to the Arctic, the body count would have been a lot lower.

French settlers and explorers to New France brought with them a great love of song, dance and fiddle playing.

European explorers and colonizers brought home many stories of cannibalism practiced by the native peoples they encountered.

They remained a well-kept secret until Spanish explorers brought them to Europe around the end of the 15th century.

The explorers have also brought to light thousands of new species of animal life, including slimy things seemingly fit for monster movies.