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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
66
Vitus Bering
Modern · Denmark
66
Bienville
Modern · France
60
Francisco Pizarro
Medieval · Spain
59
Ernest Shackleton
Modern · United Kingdom
57
Bartolomeu Dias
Medieval · Portugal
57
Samuel de Champlain
Modern · France
56
Zheng He
Medieval · China
55
Zhang Qian
Ancient · China
54
Vasco da Gama
Medieval · Portugal
54
Henry the Navigator
Medieval · Portugal
54
Abel Tasman
Modern · Netherlands
53
Marco Polo
Medieval · Italy
53
Willem Janszoon
Modern · Netherlands
53
Ferdinand Magellan
Medieval · Portugal
52
Henry Morton Stanley
Modern · United Kingdom
51
James Cook
Modern · England
51
Ibn Battuta
Medieval · Morocco
51
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Modern · France
50
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Medieval · Spain
50
Hernando de Soto
Medieval · Spain
49
George Vancouver
Modern · Great Britain
48
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Medieval · Portugal
47
Juan Sebastian Elcano
Medieval · Spain
47
Jacques Cartier
Medieval · France
47
Christopher Columbus
Medieval · Italy
47
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Medieval · Spain
47
Francisco de Orellana
Modern · Spain
46
Sieur de La Salle
Modern · France
46
Rene-Robert de La Salle
Modern · France
46
Estevanico
Medieval · Morocco
45
Juan Ponce de Leon
Medieval · Spain
43