1·Elizabeth I funded two mining expeditions.
伊丽莎白一世资助了两次采矿探险。
2·One can trace such expeditions back to ancient Sumeria, the earliest known Middle Eastern civilization.
这样的探险可以追溯到古苏美尔时期，这是已知的最早的中东文明。
3·These expeditions were likely driven by population growth and political dynamics on the home islands, as well as the challenge and excitement of exploring unknown waters.
这些探险很可能是受当地人口增长和政治局势的影响的，以及探索未知水域的带来挑战和刺激感。
4·In Europe, exploration was increasingly thought of as a career: the same might be said of the non-Europeans on whom their expeditions depended.
在欧洲，人们越来越多地将探险视为一种职业：对于他们的探险所依赖的非欧洲人来说也是如此。
5·So he dug out archive photos from early Himalayan expeditions, and then journeyed across ridges and crevasses to photograph from the exact same spots.
因此，他找出了早先喜马拉雅山探险的存档照片，然后横穿冰山山脊和裂隙，从完全相同的地点拍照。