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exploration

act of searching or traveling around a terrain for the purpose of discovery
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exploration
probably Kazimierz Nowak or an unknown author · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

exploration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (983 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: travel[2], exploration[3]
  • Commons category: Exploration[4]
  • Said to be the same as: expedition[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Exploration[6]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Exploration[7]
  • Practiced by: scientific explorer[8], explorer[9], expedition leader[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

exploration has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] exploration is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 8006
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 8006, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284845|exploration (#107284845)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Clas"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003554-objevne-cesty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003554-objevne-cesty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → expedition
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of → travel, exploration
    Topic's main category → Category:Exploration
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 13428, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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