On July 4, 1776, the American colonies set sail as well, the fate of their experiment as uncertain as the fate of those first settlers embarking across the Atlantic.
Soon after his return from his Midwest tour, Seward embarked on another, across New York State, speaking to large crowds.
For the special, due to air in May, the duo embarked on gastronomic escapades across New York City's five boroughs, eating food from every corner of the subcontinent.
Malnutrition and death rates soared, and hundreds of thousands of impoverished Somalis embarked on desperate treks across the desert, seeking help.
Frazier learned Russian, immersed himself in the literature and history of the territory, and embarked on more journeys across the taiga and tundra.
Some from the eastern highlands of Mexico have embarked on perilous journeys across the desert in search of work in the United States.
In its Irregular Maritime Movements report, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has revealed that an estimated 87,000 people have embarked on dangerous journeys across Southeast Asian waters since July 2012 in order to escape the violence in Burma's Rakhine State.
When Tori Fahey packed in her job and embarked on a journey across Africa on her bike, what started as a hiatus from real life became the catalyst for an entirely new beginning.
Whitehead, a congenital double above-the-leg amputee, was inspired to take up sport at the age of 11 by watching a documentary about Terry Fox, a Canadian amputee who embarked on a run across his country to raise money for cancer research.
