Remember reading about all of those explorers of the Age of Discovery during the 15th through 17th centuries? Ah, who could forget famous names such as Magellan, Drake, Cortes, not to mention Balboa, who either discovered the Pacific Ocean or fought a lot around Philadelphia.

It certainly must have been an interesting way of life for those early explorers. They would just sail around looking for places to discover and name after themselves. I mean, how did they get to be explorers anyway? Did the local community colleges have courses such as “New Continents 101” or “Intro to Squelching Mutinies”? Perhaps you just answered an ad in the local newspaper:

WANTED: EXPLORER