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The Beginnings of Exploration: 300 BC – 1000 AD
Alexander the Great
During Alexander’s triumphant thirteen-year campaign of territorial expansion which began in 336 BC, he extended his empire from Macedonia to India and along the Mediterranean coast southward to Egypt. Although his route of conquest was predominantly by land, he did assign a fleet of ships under his officer, Nearchus, to scout the northern coast of the Indian Ocean towards the Persian/Arabian Gulf.
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