The meaning of the word adventure

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An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky.^[1] Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities.

Motivation[edit]

Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal,^[2] which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his Man’s Fate (1933), «If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?»

Similarly, Helen Keller stated that «Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.»^[3]

Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racing and adventure tourism. Adventurous activities can also lead to gains in knowledge, such as those undertaken by explorers and pioneers – the British adventurer Jason Lewis, for example, uses adventures to draw global sustainability lessons from living within finite environmental constraints on expeditions to share with schoolchildren. Adventure education intentionally uses challenging experiences for learning.

Author Jon Levy suggests that an experience should meet several criteria to be considered an adventure:^[4]

1. Be remarkable—that is, worth talking about
2. Involve adversity or perceived risk
3. Bring about personal growth.

Mythology and fiction[edit]

Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure, such as Homer’s Odyssey.^[5][6][7]

The knight errant was the form the «adventure seeker» character took in the Late Middle Ages.

Adventure fiction exhibits these «protagonist on adventurous journey» characteristics, as do many popular feature films, such as Star Wars^[8] and Raiders of the Lost Ark.^[9]

Outdoors[edit]

Adventure books may have the theme of the hero or main character going to face the wilderness or Mother Nature. Examples include books such as Hatchet or My Side of the Mountain. These books are less about «questing», such as in mythology or other adventure novels, but more about surviving on their own, living off the land, gaining new experiences, and becoming closer to the natural world.

Questing[edit]

Many adventures are based on the idea of a quest: the hero goes off in pursuit of a reward, whether it be a skill, prize, treasure, or perhaps the safety of a person. On the way, the hero must overcome various obstacles to obtain their reward.

Video games[edit]

In video game culture, an adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle solving.^[10] The genre’s focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres. Many adventure games (text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multi-player design difficult.^[11]

Nonfiction works[edit]

From ancient times, travelers and explorers have written about their adventures.^[12] Journals which became best-sellers in their day were written, such as Marco Polo’s journal The Travels of Marco Polo or Mark Twain’s Roughing It. Others were personal journals, only later published, such as the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark or Captain James Cook’s journals. There are also books written by those not directly a part of the adventure in question, such as The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe or books written by those participating in the adventure but in a format other than that of a journal, such as Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray. Documentaries often use the theme of adventure as well.

Adventure sports[edit]

There are many sports classified as adventure sports, due to their inherent danger and excitement. Some of these include mountain climbing, skydiving, or other extreme sports.

See also[edit]

• Adventure film
• Adventure playground
• Adventure travel
• Exploration
• List of genres
• Sports
• Tourism
• Travel

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Martin Feeney Going on a journey: Life in Year 10
• Website of the Research Unit «Philology of Adventure»: ongoing research project on the literary history of the adventure pattern
• What is an adventure? A definition of «adventure», «hero» and «epic» with an illustration of the hero’s journey.
• Wikivoyage

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/, /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃə/
• Hyphenation: ad‧ven‧ture

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of «to happen, befall» (see also advene).

Noun[edit]

adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)

1. The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

   A life full of adventures.

3. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
4. (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

   his sense of adventure

5. (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.

   • 1984 May, “Spyplane”, in Crash‎^[1], number 4, (review):

     The first thing to strike me about Spyplane was that it is more like a verbal simulation than an adventure.

   • 1988 May, Mike Gerrard, “The Guild of Thieves [review]”, in Your Sinclair‎^[2], number 29, archived from the original on 26 May 2013:

     To sum up, I think this is definitely one of the best adventures around for the Spectrum now, along with Gnome Ranger[…]

   • 1992 October, Horsfield, Larry, “The SU Guide to Playing and Writing Adventure Games”, in Sinclair User, number 128:

     Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a ‘map’ of the adventure as you move around.

6. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
7. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
8. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
   • 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart

     He was in great adventure of his life.

Synonyms[edit]

• (that which happens by chance): fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
• (chance of danger or loss): hazard
• (risk): jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger

Antonyms[edit]

(desire for new and exciting things): abstention

Derived terms[edit]

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• advent
• advene

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

Verb[edit]

adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)

1. (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
2. (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

   • 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, →OCLC, page 150:

     Yet they adventured to go back; but it was ſo dark, and the flood was ſo high, that in their going back, they had like to have been drowned nine or ten times..

   • c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:

     Discriminations might be adventured.

3. (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.

   • 1792, Anthony à Wood, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford: […], volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Gutch, →OCLC, page 661:

     The year following the ſaid [William] Warham was tranſlated to Canterbury, at whoſe inthronization ſomething occurred relating to this Univerſity; which though a little out of the road, yet I ſhall adventure to remember it, and it is this.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• adventure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams[edit]

• aventured, unaverted

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

adventūre

1. vocative masculine singular of adventūrus

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• aventure

Etymology[edit]

From Old French avanture, with the addition of a d to reflect Latin adventūrum.

Noun[edit]

adventure f (plural adventures)

1. adventure
2. fortune

What do we mean by adventure?

An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature. noun

An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state’s affairs. noun

An unusual or exciting experience. noun

Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences. noun

A financial speculation or business venture. noun

To venture upon; undertake or try. intransitive verb

To expose to danger or risk. intransitive verb

To proceed despite risks. intransitive verb

To take a risk; dare. intransitive verb

1. That which comes or happens to one; hap; chance; fortune; luck. noun

A hazardous enterprise; an undertaking of uncertain issue, or participation in such an undertaking. noun

A remarkable occurrence in one’s personal history; a noteworthy event or experience in one’s life. noun

A speculation of any kind, commercial, financial, or mining; a venture; specifically, a speculation in goods sent abroad. noun

Peril; danger. noun

Adventurous activity; participation in exciting or hazardous undertakings or enterprises: as, a spirit of adventure. noun

To risk or hazard; put in the power of unforeseen events: as, to adventure one’s life.

To venture on; take the chance of; run the risk of doing or suffering.

To take the risk involved in doing anything; proceed at a venture.

To try the chance; to take the risk. intransitive verb

The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

A text adventure or an adventure game.

That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.

Chance of danger or loss.

Risk; danger; peril.

Something that is most likely a very, very bad idea, but sounds like it would be exciting, so you try it anyway Urban Dictionary

A mission with a positive outcome and some cool shit along the way. Urban Dictionary

Code word for dating Urban Dictionary

When, on a normal day, things get to a point where you cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. i dont mean youre stressed, or anything emotional. like when you get a flat and you dont have a spare, and youre in a dangerous intersection. or when youre fishing and your boat sinks and youre suffering hypothermia. not to be confused with any old thing thats exiting Urban Dictionary

An adventure is when one drives around to smoke pot as to not attract attention sitting in a cul de sac or in a parking lot Urban Dictionary

What every girl on tinder says she likes while she watches Netflix all day Urban Dictionary

The coolest damπ people ever. These are the guys and girls who have skillfully kindled the roaring flame within that is the spirit of adventure. They live off of the thrill of exploring, battling, and justice. While others are being boring they go off to fight the forces of evil! You could sit anywhere and look around and the only way to tell who is an adventurer is to look for bags under their eyes. They don’t sleep, justice NEVER sleeps. Urban Dictionary

Someone who travels and battles evil only to be stopped by an arrow in the knee. Urban Dictionary

Adventure in a digital world is quite unique. You cannot be sure who you are talking to and where your words might be spread. It is a relief when you find out your friends link their information to your love who didn’t know you were real but quite a dreamer. Of cause if the dreamer talks to much, she still can be silenced by some legal means. Maybe she tries to show some respect then. Maybe she tries to find her words in songs. Well, some song texts can lead into more trouble again. But… yes! If it would be too easy, it would be no real adventure. I hope, all our friends and family will enjoy. Urban Dictionary

A group of people with the proverbial grape fruit sized testicles that will try anything, anywhere, anytime. Urban Dictionary

1a : an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks a book recounting his many bold adventures. b : the encountering of risks the spirit of adventure. 2 : an exciting or remarkable experience an adventure in exotic dining They were looking for adventure.

What is a antonym for adventure?

adventure. Antonyms: matter-of-fact, matter-of-course. Synonyms: incident, crisis, chance, hazard, occurrence, event, enterprise, casualty, undertaking, experiment, venture, trial, romance.

What is the best adventure?

23 BIG bucket list adventures

• Raft the Grand Canyon Arizona, USA.
• See the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Italy.
• Sleep at Everest Base Camp, Nepal.
• Trek to Machu Picchu, Peru.
• Hike the Milford Track, New Zealand.
• Sleep under the stars in NamibRand, Namibia.
• Swim with turtles in Ningaloo, Western Australia.
• Visit an endangered tribe in the Amazon, Ecuador.

What are the adventure activities?

This may include activities such as mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, mountain biking, cycling, canoeing, scuba diving, rafting, kayaking, zip-lining, paragliding, hiking, exploring, canyoneering, sandboarding, caving and rock climbing. Some obscure forms of adventure travel include disaster and ghetto tourism.

What is hard Tourism?

Hard tourism, then, is a term used to describe this type of mass tourism development that leads to detrimental negative effects and impacts on the environment, local people, and economies.

What are different types of tourism?

Some most important forms of tourism are following as:

• Adventure Tourism.
• Atomic Tourism.
• Bicycle Tours.
• Beach Tourism.
• Cultural Tourism.
• Ecotourism.
• Geotourism.
• Industrial Tourism.

What is hospital tourism?

“Medical tourism” refers to traveling to another country for medical care. It’s estimated that thousands of US residents travel abroad for care each year. Many factors influence the decision to seek medical care overseas.

What is volunteer tourism?

Voluntourism is a form of tourism in which travelers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity. Voluntourists range in age and come from all over the world. The work they do can be related to agriculture, health care, education and many other areas.

Is IVHQ trustworthy?

Since its start in 2007, IVHQ has built a solid reputation as a trusted, low-cost volunteer organization, with program fees starting at just $180. IVHQ partners with local NGOs and initiatives that allow volunteers gain meaningful experiences during their time abroad.

What are the negative effects of volunteering?

Unintended Negative Consequences of Volunteering: 5 Outcomes

• Resources are diverted from real problems and new problems are created.
• Intermediary groups keep the placement money for themselves.
• Children can experience negative developmental effects.
• Local economy deprived of paying work.

What are four benefits of volunteerism?

Benefits of volunteering

• Gain confidence. Volunteering can help you gain confidence by giving you the chance to try something new and build a real sense of achievement.
• Make a difference.
• Meet people.
• Be part of a community.
• Learn new skills.
• Take on a challenge.
• Have fun!

Which country has most volunteers?

United States

What is a good synonym for adventurous?

Some common synonyms of adventurous are daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, and venturesome.

What is the antonym of adventure?

What is the opposite of adventure?

inactivity	idleness
trifling	indolence
repose	inertia
stoppage	rest
cessation	immobility

What is another word for wanderlust?

Wanderlust Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for wanderlust?

restlessness	unsettledness
desire to travel	urge to travel

What do you call someone who is not adventurous?

Antonyms: afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous. Synonyms: bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome.

What do you call someone who tries everything?

A pantomath is a person who wants to know or knows everything. In theory, a pantomath is not to be confused with a polymath in its less strict sense, much less with the related but very different terms philomath and know-it-all.

What do you call someone who tries something new?

enterprising. adjective. willing to try or think of new ideas or methods.

What makes a person adventurous?

To us, adventure is stepping out of your comfort zone by doing something that you normally wouldn’t do. From helping out a random person to working up the courage to make friends with a stranger. It is about finding something that you love and pursuing it relentlessly.

What’s the meaning of adventurous woman?

1 adj Someone who is adventurous is willing to take risks and to try new methods.

What is an adventurous life?

Living an adventurous life is not about engaging in dangerous physical feats or venturing into little known corners of the world. You live an adventurous life by embracing uncertainty and engaging in actions with unpredictable outcomes.

Who is the most adventurous person?

1. ALEX HONNOLD, Free Solo Rock Climber.
2. JESS ROSKELLEY, Alpinist.
3. JUSTIN FORNAL, Cultural Explorer.
4. IAN WALSH, Big Wave Surfer.
5. FELICITY ASTON, Polar Explorer.

Who is a famous adventurer?

Bold Souls: 12 Most Inspiring Adventurers Of All Time

• Roald Amundsen. The Norwegian explorer was a prominent figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, as he was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage in 1906.
• Jacque Cousteau.
• Steve Fossett.
• Yuri Gagarin.
• Dale A.
• Hugh Glass.
• Bear Grylls.
• Edmund Hillary.

How do you live an adventurous life?

9 Exciting Ways to Live a More Adventurous Life

1. Make new friends.
2. Test the waters.
3. Say “yes” instead of “no.” We don’t mean you should max yourself out by taking on another project or that you should have that distant cousin couch-surf for another month.
4. Turn ordinary occasions into extraordinary occasions.
5. Commit to exploring.
6. Set yourself up to fail.
7. Get physical.

What qualities should an adventurer have?

Individuals must be zealous, confident, courageous, and should possess qualities like good communication skills, flexibility, time management, positivity and humility. They should have excellent public speaking skills. A prospective adventure guide should have a good memory as well as good destination knowledge.

What does an Adventurer do?

noun. a person who has, enjoys, or seeks adventures. a seeker of fortune in daring enterprises; soldier of fortune. a person who undertakes great commercial risk; speculator.

Is Adventurous a character trait?

In their childhood and adolescence, people with the Adventurous personality style were usually high-spirited hell-raisers and mischief makers. True grit. They are courageous, physically bold, and tough. They will stand up to anyone who dares to take advantage of them.

What qualities does a great explorer need to have?

Sir Ernest Shackleton believed that an explorer should possess four qualities: optimism, patience, idealism and courage.

Who was the most famous explorer?

10 Famous Explorers Whose Discoveries Changed the World

• Marco Polo. Photo: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images.
• Christopher Columbus. Photo: DeAgostini/Getty Images.
• Amerigo Vespucci. Photo: Austrian National Library.
• John Cabot. Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images.
• Hernan Cortes. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images.
• Francis Drake.
• Walter Raleigh.
• James Cook.

What is an explorer personality?

Explorers – Virtuosos (ISTP), Adventurers (ISFP), Entrepreneurs (ESTP), and Entertainers (ESFP) – tend to be self-reliant and quick-thinking. These personality types don’t mind handling uncertain situations on the fly – in fact, they live for those types of situations.

Can everyone be an explorer?

Explorers come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and genders. They work in traditional scientific fields like conservation, biology, or physical exploration, but they also work in areas you might find surprising. Explorers are artists, DJs, and entrepreneurs; they’re scientists, engineers, and authors.

Is an explorer a real job?

Being an explorer is a fulfilling, exciting, and sometimes dangerous job that will teach you more about our world than you could ever hope to learn from academic endeavours. From large-scale exploration to urban exploration, there’s still plenty of room for explorers in this world.

What it means to be an explorer?

What does it mean to be an explorer? To seek knowledge! To go into unknown territory, not just going, but documenting what you find and seeking to explain its significance. This is what all the famous explorers of the past have done: They discovered new knowledge and shared it with others.

How much do explorers get paid a year?

As of Mar 26, 2021, the average annual pay for a Professional Explorer in the United States is $46,408 a year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $22.31 an hour. This is the equivalent of $892/week or $3,867/month.

Is an adventurer a job?

There are many reasons why someone would want to become an adventurer and regularly go on trips: It’s a ‘healthier’ job as opposed to office jobs. It provides you the freedom to work – or not to work for that matter.

How did explorers make money?

Expeditions made money primarily by discovering new trade routes for their nations. When the Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in 1453, many existing trade routes to India and China were shut down. These trade routes were very valuable as they brought in expensive products such as spices and silk.

How can I make money outside?

15 Ways to Make Money Outdoors

1. Landscaping/Gardening. If you have a bit of a green thumb or just generally enjoy physical labor, landscaping and gardening may be the perfect fit for your side hustle.
2. Work on a Farm/Farmer’s Market.
3. Dog Walking.
4. Instructor for Skiing, Surfing, Snowboarding.
5. Car Detailing.
6. Metal Scrapping.
7. Bee Keeping.
8. Nature Photographer.

1	0   0 c. 1300, «to risk the loss of,» from adventure (n.). Meaning «to take a chance» is early 14c. Related: Adventured; adventuring.

2	0   0 adventure c. 1200, auenture «that which happens by chance, fortune, luck,» from Old French aventure (11c.) «chance, accident, occurrence, event, happening,» from Latin adventura (res) » [..]

3	0   0 adventure exciting or unusual experience.

4	0   0 adventure a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) gamble: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" venture: put at [..]

5	0   0 adventure Game genre in which the player follows a story, solves puzzles, interacts with non-player characters, and explores the «world».

6	0   0 adventure bold, exciting journeys or activities

7	0   0 adventure an exciting or dangerous thing that you do or that happens to you

8	0   0 adventure Adventure also define for marine adventure.» It is a term of art in the marine insurance business. All insured cargo owners and every shipper on that vessel are part of the adventure.

9	0   0 adventure In literature and film, a fiction genre in which the hero undertakes a difficult venture of uncertain issue, usually in an exotic setting, often culminating in a hazardous chase or decisive physical s [..]

10	0   0 adventure Shipment of goods on shipper’s own account. A bill of adventure is a document signed by the master of the ship that carries goods at owner’ risk.

11	0   0 adventure (n) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)(v) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome(v) put at risk

12	0   0 adventure Shipment of goods on shipper’s own account. A bill of adventure is a document signed by the master of the ship that carries goods at the owner’s risk.

13	0   0 adventure Consignments of cargo sent abroad in a ship to be sold or bartered by the master to best advantage or when the opportunity arises.

14	0   0 adventure The exposure of property to risk at sea.

15	0   0 adventure Consignments of cargo sent abroad in a ship to be sold or bartered by the master to best advantage or when the opportunity arises.

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0   0 adventure The commercial enterprise involving uncertainties, risks, and hazards, in which a vessel and cargo are subjected to the peril of a loss, delay or damage at sea. Merchandise is shipped by the seller on speculation to arrive safely at a foreign port to be sold for a profit. The vessel carries the merchandise in order to earn freight. The vessel and c [..]

17	0   0 adventure The exposure of property to risk

18	0   0 adventure The encountering of danger, exciting and deangerious undertaking

19	0   0 adventure Colossal Cave Adventure, also known as ADVENT or simply Adventure, is an early computer game written in a command-line format that represented the most modern technology at the time. In Colossal Cave [..]

20	0   0 adventure A point and click-based genre involving wonderful worlds, often hilarious dialogue, epic tales, and mindbending puzzles that any sane person would solve by taking $20 to the nearest hardware store ins [..]

21	0   0 adventure A single challenge, often short enough to be completed in one session. Often makes up one smaller piece of larger story with a beginning and an end, but may be stand alone. Contrast with Campaign.

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0   0 adventure 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. «Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually.» (Milton) 2. Risk; danger; peril. «He was in great adventure of his life.» (Berners) 3. The encountering of risks; hazardous [..]

23	0   0 adventure Games with narrative-based gameplay. Adventure games oftentimes combine with elements from other genres, namely Action. E.g., A Dark Room, Device 6.

24	0   0 adventure Also known as: Story, Scenario, Story Arc, Module

25	0   0 adventure A series of linked encounters, often played out in one or two sessions, in which the PCs overcome a variety of obstacles. Adventures can be linked together to form a campaign. (Synonymous with scenari [..]

26	0   0 adventure Adventure games emphasize experiencing a story through dialogue and puzzle solving. Gameplay mechanics emphasize decision over action. Puzzle solving usually revolves around combining or manipulating [..]

27	0   0 adventure The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. * Macaulay [..]

28	0   0 adventure in marine insurance is any undetaking or voyage or duration that exposes the property to maritime perils

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