One Victorian explorer reported that he could catch these cats and tether them near his food stores to keep the rats down.

Early Dutch and French explorers reported their presence, but no recorded contact was made.

European explorers also report the existence of the Sunda kingdom.

Early European explorers report that the island had a number of small chiefdoms or princedoms in the early 16th century.

Yet the explorer also reported that the natives he did meet were innocent and generous.

Early white explorers reported the Sinixt to be of average height and size, with hazel eyes.

Later explorers reported finding their remains along the coast; as the dead were cast off during the return trip.

The first human explorers to enter Dione had reported a large, empty city made of wood.

During that time, European explorers reported that the island had a number of small chiefdoms or princedoms.

In 1843, explorers reported a widespread layer of newly fallen rock fragments "like a snowfall" and that the forest was "on fire for miles around".