Introduce the story of an explorer.

Zhang Qian's story 139 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to Da Yue. His mission is to help the people in this area resist the invaders. Zhang Qian was imprisoned by Huns for 1 1 year, but after his release, he went to explore western China. His travel route passes through Afghanistan. No one had been so far west of China at that time. So, Zhang Qian brought back to the emperor the news that China first heard about Indian, Middle East and European countries. Zhang Qian was the first China man to cross Afghanistan. Later, China merchants took silk and jade articles, climbed mountains and crossed the Gobi Desert along the route from Zhang Qian to northwest China. This route was later called "Silk Road". (VII) The Story of Xuanzang Xuanzang was a monk who went to India, the birthplace of Buddhism, to learn Buddhist scriptures. He started from China, and his journey lasted 16 years, reaching 64,000 kilometers, passing through Afghanistan, Kashmir and northern India. His trip was secret, because the emperor at that time did not allow China people to travel abroad. Xuanzang was in distress many times during his journey. Danger comes from bad weather and high mountains. Xuanzang was almost killed by an arrow while drinking spring water. Later, he was imprisoned in the kingdom of Taksila in northern India. He almost froze to death in order to escape. (8) Guqi people-Xu Xiake and Xu Hongzu (1586- 164 1), nicknamed Xia Ke, were outstanding geographers and travelers in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Xiake loved the landscape of China all his life. In the old feudal era, he overcame unimaginable difficulties and began to travel around the world at the age of 22. (9) History chose me, and I chose suffering ―― Liu Yutian Liu Yutian, the first professional explorer in China history. 1942 Born in Changge County, Henan Province on February 26th, he was a cadre of Urumqi Railway Bureau in Xinjiang. Facing the challenge of foreigners,1May, 984, he resolutely gave up everything and started hiking on the Great Wall in Wan Li. After more than a year's arduous journey, he became the first person in the world to climb the Great Wall of Wan Li. Later, he trekked the Silk Road, the Loess Plateau and Lop Nur, Xinjiang, climbed Gelai Mountain and Kunlun Snow Mountain, inspected Shennongjia Savage, Himalayan Snowman and Rongbu Glacier, traveled along the Himalayas and Yarlung Zangbo River, tried to climb Mount Everest, and crossed the five deserts of China, such as Taklimakan and Gurbantonggut, in the Sea of Death three times. So far, he has completed 43 research, travel and exploration projects. He traveled all over Chinese mainland, and hundreds of newspapers, magazines and TV stations in Hongkong, Taiwan Province and even the world reported his adventures, calling him "a rare traveler and explorer in the 20th century". Ups and downs! In the past ten years, he has crossed the desert alone, walked through the Gobi, climbed mountains and waded rivers, and filled a gap in exploration for the motherland with his blood, tears and sweat. Life and death! He personally took more than 10,000 black-and-white color photos and wrote an adventure diary of more than two million words, covering politics, history, geography, literature, philosophy, art, qigong and archaeology. Several of his works have been published and won many national awards. Some of them were selected as patriotism textbooks for junior high schools. The forthcoming books include The Great Wall, A Journey to the Silk Road and The Mysterious Lop Nur. The Story of Wei Gena Wei Gena was born in Berlin on June 165438. He loved fantasy and adventure since he was a child, and he loved to read the stories of explorers when he was a child. Sir sir john franklin, a famous British explorer, became his idol. Prepare for future exploration. He studies meteorology. 1905, 25-year-old Wei Gena received a doctorate in meteorology. 1906, he finally realized his lofty ideal as a teenager, joined the famous Danish expedition and came to Greenland to inspect the weather and glaciers. In order to find more evidence, 1930 In April, facing the snowstorm in the Arctic, Wei Gena led an expedition to visit Greenland for the fourth time. In the cold of -65℃, most people lost their courage, only he and two other followers continued to move forward, and finally successfully reached the Esmit base in the middle. 1 65438+1October1,he ventured back to the west coast base after celebrating his 50th birthday. He lost his way in the white ice and snow. His body was not found until the following April. He was frozen like a stone and integrated with the glacier, depriving Magellan of his honor as the first explorer to complete the voyage around the world. 15 19 was ordered by the Spanish king to lead an expedition to find the westbound route from Spice Islands to east indies. The journey westbound across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil was smooth, but then the situation began to deteriorate. A ship in the fleet was wrecked in the storm. Then several captains plotted against him. A ship turned around and came back Magellan executed one of the conspirators, leaving them on the desolate beach and setting sail again. When the fleet arrived in the Mariana Islands, local residents attacked them. Magellan was killed in a battle with a tribe on the Philippine island of Makatan. -At the age of 22, Xu Xiake left home and began to travel. He was "not afraid of the wind and rain, the tiger and the wolf" and "living on a cliff, hungry and cold", and he did not stop traveling until the year of his death. During the long journey, he met many dangers. Once, he met a robber in Xiangjiang River, all his belongings were taken away, his accompanying friends were injured and killed, and his servants ran away from him, but his determination to explore nature never wavered. He traveled all over the country, and he kept a diary to record what he saw and heard. These records were compiled into Xu Xiake's Travels by later generations and became precious geographical documents. -At dawn on August 3rd, Columbus set out from Barros Harbor with three sailboats and 87 sailors, and arrived in Bahamas 69 days later. He was named "San Salvador" (meaning "Savior"). He thinks this is India, so he calls the aborigines "Indians". The fleet continued southward to Cuba and Haiti. There, he didn't find gold and spices, only saw some very backward and primitive barbarians and jungles. On March 1493, Columbus left the West Indies and returned to Spain. Later, he went to the Americas three times, discovered Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominica and other places, and arrived in Honduras and Panama in Central America, laying the foundation for Spain's colonial cause. But until his death, Columbus discovered the edge of Asia for him, but he didn't know it was the "New World".