Further colonies were established around the perimeter of the continent and European explorers ventured deep inland.

The explorers could venture there without having anything to fear from the heat, for the sun's rays scarcely penetrated through the thick foliage spreading above their heads.

Although the new colony included almost two thirds of the continent, early settlements were all on the eastern coast and only a few intrepid explorers ventured this far west.

It was in these circumstances that, around 1500 years after the islands were settled, the first European explorers ventured into the region.

Malador believed in the gen- eral answer to this question--that explorers had never ventured this far until fairly recently.

The ancient explorers ventured far beyond the edge of the charts and returned home changed.

Your explorers of these lands have not yet ventured that far north and west.

European explorers ventured into Africa.

Traders and explorers have ventured into African territories since pre-Roman times.

The arrival of Europeans in the 1500s changed the native way of life as first explorers, then settlers, ventured into the basin in increasing numbers.