Cecilia is an observational researcher, or more commonly known as a field researcher. Observational researchers observe their subjects in their natural state and do not need to any form of experimentation. They gather information from their observations but do not intervene on any of the actions of their subjects.
In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Spain to the South Atlantic, navigating the straits named after him and entering the Pacific Ocean. In 1524, Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, in the service of the King Francis I of France, explored the Atlantic coast of North America from Florida to New Brunswick.