Who's Who List of Famous Explorers |
Names of Famous Explorers |
| Nationality of Famous Explorers |
| Lifespan of Famous Explorers |
| Famous Voyage of Exploration |
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| | | Circumnavigates the World |
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| | | The Discovery of Guiana and establishing the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island in 1584 |
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| | | Exploration of China and Asia |
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| | | First voyage around the World by this famous explorer |
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| | | Discovery of the New World by this famous explorer |
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| | | Famous Explorer who conquered the Incas of Peru |
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| | | America was named after this famous explorer |
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| | | First famous European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore |
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| | | Discovery of an ocean route from Portugal to the East by this famous explorer |
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| | | This famous explorer established St Johns, Newfoundland |
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| | | First European explorer to set foot in Florida |
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| | | Voyages to Virginia and Roanoke Island and the Azores by this famous explorer |
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| | | Voyages to West Africa and South America by this famous explorer |
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| | | First European to explore the Southwest of North America in Arizona and New Mexico |
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| | | Voyages to Labrador and Greenland |
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| | | First European to explore Florida and South East America |
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| | | Voyages to South America by this famous explorer |
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| | | Spanish conqueror of Mexico and the Aztec Empire |
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| | | The first European explorer to lead a 1487 voyage around the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern most tip of South Africa |
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| | | The first European explorer to see Brazil in 1500 |
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| | | Famous explorer from Italy who explored the NE coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine |
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| | | Exploration of Greenland and the coast of Newfoundland by this famous explorer |
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| | | Exploring the coastline of Canada the subsequent colonization of Canada. Cabot was the second famous explorer to find North America (after Christopher Columbus) |
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| | | Son of the famous explorer John Cabot. Searching for the Northwest passage across North America, attempting to circumnavigate the world and making expeditions to Russia |
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| | | Led three expeditions of exploration to Canada by this famous explorer |
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| | | The discovery of the Hudson River by this famous explorer |
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| | | Discovering the Mississippi River with famous Canadian explorer Louis Joliet |
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| | | Famous explorer and founder of Quebec City. Known as 'The Father of Canada' |
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| | | Famous Portuguese explorer was the first to see Brazil in 1500 |
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| | | The first European to explore Texas and Southwest America |
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| | | Exploring Texas and Southwest America and heralded as having been “the first black man in North America.” |
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| | | The exploration of Cuba leading an ill fated expedition to Florida and North America by this famous explorer |
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| | | Discovering the Pueblo tribe called the Zuni indians. Duped into believing the myth of the "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola" |
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| | | Believed to be the first European in Texas and proved that Florida was not an island |
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| | | Famous for establishing the colony of New Mexico for Spain |
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| | | Famous explorer and colonizer of South Carolina and discoverer of Chesapeake Bay |
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| | | First European explorer to navigate the coast of present day California in the United States |
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| | | Famous for exploring the Great Lakes area and discovering the Mississippi River |
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Names of Famous Explorers |
| Nationality of Famous Explorers |
| Lifespan of Famous Explorers |
| Famous Voyage of Exploration |
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Who's Who List of Famous Explorers |