Some European commentators, from early frontier explorers to modern anthropologists, also were influenced by their own homophobic prejudices to distort native attitudes.
One of the last of the great planetary explorers, Galileo opened new frontiers, exploring everything from the solar system's most massive planet to motes of dust from other stars.
For their 1927 frontier extravaganza, the explorer-moviemakers Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper (best known for the 1933 "King Kong") travelled to the Siamese rain forest, where they soaked up jungle lore and learned to trap wild animals.
Bobby McFerrin is an explorer on frontiers of the human voice; he sings the territory between music and the human spirit.
His heroes growing up — Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark — had him dreaming of an existence as an explorer on the frontier.
The name Humanaut is intended to suggest "kind of a human explorer," Mr. Littlejohn said, "exploring the new frontier of digital and what it means to have these phones in our pockets, these glasses and watches".
This is a frontier shaped over centuries, by explorers who go back to the Spanish Conquista, and further back, before the Mayans and Aztecs, back before the lands divided.
The forts provided safe shelter for soldiers and explorers on the frontier and a base of operations for expeditions, both military and commercial.
On weekends, Ashenhurst becomes an explorer on the Republican frontier.
The "flight marks another key milestone towards opening the space frontier for private individuals, researchers, and explorers", John Gedmark, executive director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, said in a statement.
