Why the name Frontier?
Crossing borders, exploring unknown terrain, fighting against unpredictable and constantly changing nature, living on the edge and without fear, or surpassing it, is the task of explorers, mountaineers, ambitious people and dreamers.
In this post we want to tell you the story behind one of our favorite glasses: Frontier sunglassesIts shape, its colours and its size were not chosen by chance, and neither was its name; Frontier, or border translated into Spanish, is for us just that, the separation between two roads, two places, the dividing line that separates two countries, which was born precisely to be invisible, intangible. The word border has been for many a motivation to cross it, to break it, to find out what is hidden behind it.
Our eyewear collection is a tribute to all those spirits who one day summoned the courage to cross these priceless lines and discover, unite and transform peoples.
How do we get inspired?
We have researched, spoken to and studied many men and women who continue to motivate us to travel and communicate a message that we identify with day after day: Feel the experience of life itself, to the fullest.
Today there are no blank spaces in the world and we have almost every corner of the world map within our reach. Technology and digitalisation allow us to observe even the smallest details of the planet at any time without having to leave home. But adventure is something that is carried within us, we can always rediscover places, look with different eyes at spaces that we already thought we knew and keep alive the curiosity of those who opened the doors of the world to us.
The lives of these explorers inspire us and we will always remember them.
Let’s travel back in time…
Runion with a new world
The travels of Christopher Columbus America revolutionized the conception of the world that existed until then, and changed it completely from then on. Columbus made four expeditions to this unknown continent at that time, although his main idea, as is well known, was to reach the Far East by taking a different route than those then proposed. His theory stated that the eastern end was closer than the demographers of the time claimed. Indeed, Columbus was wrong, but his mistake gave him the greatest achievement of his life: America.
Ddiscovery of a passageway
One of the most important icons of navigation was Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer who discovered the “Strait of All Saints,” now called the Strait of Magellan, which served as a gateway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and resulted in the ability to circumnavigate America.
Another of the achievements he was close to achieving was that of being the first man to sail around the world, but he lost his life in the attempt when he became involved in a conflict with an enemy nation. Instead, it was Juan Sebastián El Cano who completed this feat. This man was born in Guetaria, Spain, and died, as proof of a lifetime dedicated to exploration and adventure, far from home: In the Pacific Ocean.
Vtraveler, spy and writer
The book “Travels of Ali Bey” recounts the adventures of Sunday Francisco Jorge Badía y Leblich, the author of the novel. His life was clearly worthy of being told; traveller, spy, soldier and Arabist were the occupations to which this Catalan explorer who also responded to the name of Ali Bey dedicated himself. Among his adventures, the tour he made through the Arab world stands out, visiting regions such as Morocco, Syria, Egypt and Libya, among others. He was the first man from the West to set foot on these lands that for many were very far away and even non-existent.
TOwhere the Nile is born
John Speke, and Richard Francis Burton They are known as the most famous couple in the world of exploration. Francis Burton was a renowned anthropologist and linguist who mastered a large number of languages and was the official translator of The Thousand and One Nights. Speke, on the other hand, was a soldier and after having explored the corners of the Himalayas, he joined Burton in his idea of travelling around Africa. Both were also officers in the team of explorers of the British army.
In 1856, they embarked on a journey to discover the source of the Nile. The result was disastrous. Both contracted illnesses and became enemies for life. Speke believed he had discovered the source of the Nile, when in fact it was Lake Victoria, and he travelled back to England to present his discoveries. Before leaving Africa, he promised his partner in adventure and life that, despite their disagreements, he would wait for him to return to England to tell the world what they had found. But the reality was very different; the moment he set foot in London, he went straight to the Royal Geographical Society and presented his hypothesis to the president. He called himself the discoverer of the source of the Nile and continued to live as the leader of expeditions for several more years.
Speke may not have done all that well, but the fastest man wins in life. Suppose that on the return trip Speke asked himself these two questions: Would Burton do the same for me? How much will I be grateful if I share a discovery that I actually made on my own? And then he decided.
We are pretty sure that if they had existed at that time, America, Lake Victoria and the Arabian region would have been discovered with glasses. Frontier in the eyes of the explorers.
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Africa's heart broken by conflict
Writer, journalist and traveler, Ryszard Kapuscinski He was a 20th century adventurer who worked as a correspondent in Africa during the communist era. He lived to report on almost 30 coups d'état that took place during the African decolonization. Living the experience with one eye on the events that he would have to report later, and with the other on protecting his life from the continuous armed conflicts, he suffered from malaria and tuberculosis, but managed to carry out his mission as a journalist and returned home with a book, "Ebony" under his arm, which led him to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
It's never too late to travel
Isabella Bird She is considered one of the most famous travellers of the 19th century. She dedicated the second half of her life to travelling, exploring, writing and photographing everything she saw. She was the first woman to be a member of the Royal Geographical Society. She made her first trip at the age of 40 and her last at the age of 72, and during that time she had the opportunity to visit America, India, Malaysia, Japan, Tibet, Iran…
There are no longer any earthly limits that cannot be surpassed…
Sir Edmund Hillary mountaineer and philanthropist was, together with his Sherpa companion Tenzing Norgay, the first man to conquer the summit of the planet: Mount Everest. Although his most famous achievement is, logically, this one, he carried out incredible expeditions, such as the one that took him to reach both poles of the Earth.
…The following are in space
Yuri Gagarin, He was the first space explorer. This Russian astronaut was launched into space in a not very elaborate rocket. He was able to observe the shape, the colour and see himself more than 300 kilometres from Earth.
Frontier is exploration and quality
In addition to having a design that combines retro and vintage aesthetics, which unites the past and the present and is offered in various shades and colors, Las gafas Frontier They have a polarized glass which very effectively rejects the sun's rays, reflections and glare and offers a clearer and more comfortable view of the surroundings. The windows are also equipped with the latest technology TAC FULL HD offering high definition visibility.
We hope that this article has given you what we feel when we see and think about all the spirits who live looking for new adventures, and who also find them. Frontier glasses They are our material expression of the gratitude we feel towards them, and you can join us in this project so that this tribute never ends.
