Sentence examples for discover a passage from inspiring English sources

In that year, having been commissioned to discover a passage to the Spice Islands, he sailed with Juan Díaz de Solís and may have seen the coasts of what are now Honduras and the Yucatán (Mexico).

In the spring of 1607, sailing for the Muscovy Company, Hudson, his son John, and 10 companions set forth "for to discover a Passage by the North Pole to Japan and China".

There seemed to be no hope, however, of discovering a passage to India by that route.

A 19th-century vision of the region's worth is revealed in the words of Mary Shelley in Frankenstein, which begins with a ship's captain dreaming of bringing "inestimable benefit to all mankind… by discovering a passage near the pole".

Like Frankenstein, Walton is driven by scientific arrogance, convinced of "the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by discovering a passage near the pole".

Four hundred years ago, in his search to discover a Northwest Passage, Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name.

He made several voyages to the Levant, and in 1523 he secured two ships for a voyage backed by the French king to discover a westward passage to Asia.

Alan and Tequila discover a hidden passage in the hospital leading to Wong's arsenal.

Once again, her sanity is questioned, but as Harry and Annabelle search the room, they discover a hidden passage in the wall and in it the corpse of Roger Crosby.

They discover a labyrinth of passages in the hills with strange marks on the walls, and disagree about whether these are the result of artificial or natural causes.

The old feeling you'd get, that you had sprung a trapdoor, discovered a secret passage, won't come anymore.