Andrews was primarily a naturalist and an organizer of expeditions. His life was a long series of travels and explorations of desert islands, raging seas, remote mountains and deserts. Numerous encounters -- many well documented -- are reported with everything from angry whales and hungry sharks, through pythons to several brushes with armed Chinese bandits. He was erroneously reported dead at least once.
Andrews was married in 1914. Not suprisingly perhaps Andrews' wife divorced him in 1930. He had one child -- a son. Andrews is said to have been one of the models for movie legend Indiana Jones.
Andrews was born January 26, 1884 and died in 1960.