Great Explorers 1-22
21 entries in the Great Explorers compendium.
Great Explorers 1-22 — Era Chart
Christopher ColumbusItalian explorer who opened the Americas to European colonization.Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese explorer who planned and led the first circumnavigation of Earth.Marco PoloVenetian merchant whose travels opened the East to European understanding.Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer who opened the sea route to India.James CookBritish Royal Navy officer who mapped much of the Pacific and Southern Oceans.Ernest ShackletonAnglo-Irish Antarctic explorer of the Heroic Age.Roald AmundsenNorwegian polar explorer who reached both the South and North Poles.Robert Falcon ScottBritish naval officer and Antarctic explorer who reached the South Pole.The Lewis and Clark ExpeditionU.S. expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and reach the Pacific.Zheng HeChinese admiral who led seven voyages across the Indian Ocean.Ibn BattutaPre-modern explorer who travelled over 117,000 km across three continents.Leif EriksonNorse explorer who reached North America centuries before Columbus.David LivingstoneScottish missionary and explorer in Africa.Henry HudsonEnglish sea explorer and navigator who sought passages to Asia and mapped parts of North AAmelia EarhartAmerican aviator and aviation pioneer.Edmund HillaryFirst confirmed climber to summit Everest, later a philanthropist and diplomat.Tenzing NorgayFirst confirmed to summit Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary.Jacques CousteauFrench naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker, and host of *The Undersea World of JacquesSacagaweaTeenage interpreter and cultural liaison for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.Ponce de LeonSpanish explorer who led first European expeditions to Puerto Rico and Florida.Sir Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and privateer who led the second circumnavigation of the globe.
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