Explorers & Adventurers

22 famous explorers & adventurers and their final words

Explorers & Adventurers 1939)

Amelia Earhart

“We are on the line 157-337. We will repeat this message. We are running on line north and south.”
Disappeared over the Pacific Ocean Age 39
Explorers & Adventurers 1512
Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

“His final words are not recorded.”
Malaria Age 57
Explorers & Adventurers 1974
Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

“Is the minister here? Is Helen here? I have very little pain.”
Lymphoma Age 72
Explorers & Adventurers 1506
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

“Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.”
Heart failure related to reactive arthritis Age 54
Explorers & Adventurers Still operational (as of 2025)

Curiosity Mars Rover

“Sending final data back to Earth.”
Still operating
Explorers & Adventurers Still operational (as of 2025)

Curiosity Mars Rover

“Sending final data back to Earth.”
Still operating
Explorers & Adventurers Still operational (as of 2025)

Curiosity Mars Rover

“Sending final data back to Earth.”
Still operating
Explorers & Adventurers Still operational (as of 2025)

Curiosity Mars Rover

“Sending final data back to Earth.”
Still operating
Explorers & Adventurers Still operational (as of 2025)

Curiosity Mars Rover

“Sending final data back to Earth.”
Still operating
Explorers & Adventurers 1886
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

“I must go in, the fog is rising.”
Bright's disease (kidney disease) Age 55
Explorers & Adventurers 1922

Ernest Shackleton

“You are always wanting me to give up something. What do you want me to give up now?”
Heart attack Age 47
Explorers & Adventurers 1521

Ferdinand Magellan

“Unknown — he was killed in battle.”
Killed in battle (Battle of Mactan) Age 41
Explorers & Adventurers Unknown
Fred Noonan

Fred Noonan

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Explorers & Adventurers 1547
Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés

“I am dying. My soul I leave to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly goods to my son.”
Pleurisy Age 62
Explorers & Adventurers 1727
Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

“I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on …”
Unknown (died in his sleep) Age 84
Explorers & Adventurers 1934

Marie Curie

“I cannot express it.”
Aplastic anemia from radiation exposure Age 66
Explorers & Adventurers 1943
Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

“Unknown — he died alone.”
Coronary thrombosis Age 86
Explorers & Adventurers 1617

Pocahontas

“No last words were recorded.”
Unknown illness — possibly tuberculosis or pneumonia Age 21
Explorers & Adventurers Unknown
Scott Fischer

Scott Fischer

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Explorers & Adventurers 1596

Sir Francis Drake

“Unknown — he was delirious from dysentery.”
Dysentery Age 55
Explorers & Adventurers 1618

Sir Walter Raleigh

“Strike, man, strike!”
Execution by beheading Age 66
Explorers & Adventurers 1524

Vasco da Gama

“Unknown — he died of malaria in India.”
Malaria Age 55