Marco PoloVenetian merchant, explorer, and writer (1254–1324) · human–——
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Marco PoloVenetian merchant, explorer, and writer (1254–1324) · human–——
Ibn BattutaMaghrebi traveller and scholar (1304–1368/1369) · human–——
Zheng HeChinese admiral and diplomat (1371–1433/1435) · human–——
Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator and explorer (1451–1506) · human–——
Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524) · human–——
Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese explorer (1480–1521) · human–——
James CookBritish explorer and naval officer (1728–1779) · human–——
Amerigo VespucciItalian explorer and navigator (1454–1512) · human–——
Jacques CartierFrench maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557) · human–——
Samuel de ChamplainFrench explorer of North America (1574–1635) · human–——
Lewis and Clark1804–1806 American expedition · aspect of history · research expedition–——
Alexander von HumboldtGerman polymath (1769–1859) · human–——
Roald AmundsenNorwegian polar explorer (1872–1928) · human–——
Robert Falcon ScottBritish Antarctic explorer (1868–1912) · human–——
Ernest ShackletonAnglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922) · human–——
Edmund HillaryNew Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008) · human–——
Tenzing NorgayNepalese-Indian mountaineer (1914–1986) · human–——
Alexandra David-NéelFrench explorer, spiritualist and writer (1868–1969) · human–——
Jeanne BaretFrench explorer, naturalist, botanist (1740–1807) · human–——
Jacques CousteauFrench oceanographer and author (1910–1997) · human–——Showing 10 of 20