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Explorers & Discoverers
Adventurers and navigators who expanded the known world, connected civilizations, and mapped uncharted territories.
Top Figures in This Category
Hernan Cortes
Medieval · Spain
57
Vasco da Gama
Medieval · Portugal
50
Samuel de Champlain
Modern · France
49
Christopher Columbus
Medieval · Italy
49
Francisco Pizarro
Medieval · Spain
49
James Cook
Modern · England
48
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Medieval · Portugal
48
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Medieval · Spain
47
Henry Morton Stanley
Modern · United Kingdom
47
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Medieval · Spain
47
Juan Sebastian Elcano
Medieval · Spain
47
Vitus Bering
Modern · Denmark
47
Zhang Qian
Ancient · China
46
Marco Polo
Medieval · Italy
46
Ferdinand Magellan
Medieval · Portugal
46
Henry the Navigator
Medieval · Portugal
46
Hernando de Soto
Medieval · Spain
45
Francisco de Orellana
Modern · Spain
45
Rene-Robert de La Salle
Modern · France
45
Zheng He
Medieval · China
44
Ibn Battuta
Medieval · Morocco
44
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Modern · France
44
George Vancouver
Modern · Great Britain
43
Bartolomeu Dias
Medieval · Portugal
43
Jacques Cartier
Medieval · France
43
Bienville
Modern · France
43
Juan Ponce de Leon
Medieval · Spain
42
Estevanico
Medieval · Morocco
41
Abel Tasman
Modern · Netherlands
41
Sieur de La Salle
Modern · France
41
Ernest Shackleton
Modern · United Kingdom
40
Willem Janszoon
Modern · Netherlands
39