All three explorers wrote an account of their expedition.
Now it reminded me of what the old Antarctic explorers wrote in their diaries.
At 08:34 27th Oct 2011, armchair explorer wrote: What a beautiful piece of television.
Another explorer visited the monastery in 1850 and wrote of how manuscripts were still being copied manually.
"This is the finest place I have known in all of Africa to rest before starting my final journey," wrote the Scottish explorer.
Early explorers such as Alvaro Mexia wrote about them; other information has been learned through archeological research.
Ranulph Fiennes, the renowned polar explorer and adventurer wrote an introduction to the book.
Many authors and explorers wrote about traces of the Roman Empire on the Danube coast.
Numerous archaeologists, historians, professors and explorers wrote, studied and actively searched, trying to discover any trace of the ancient town, with little success.
One early explorer, after witnessing an Indian game involving hundreds of stick-wielding players, wrote, "Almost everything short of murder is allowable."