One word Substitution

One-word Substitution
Complete the word grid given below with one word for each of the following meanings.
1. to embark on a journey to find out something new about a place
2. an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or testing a principle.
3. the gradual development of something over many years
4. the act of causing to exist
5. a short trip or outing to some place for a holiday or to learn something
6. the act of examining, or studying, something systematically
7. a bold and risky undertaking or experience
8. the act of creating a new product by using one's own knowledge
9. the act of gaining knowledge of something new and unknown
10. one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise or progress