Explorer and navigator who set out to claim the East Indies for Spain, but instead voyaged to the New World.
Explorer and navigator who set out to claim the East Indies for Spain, but instead voyaged to the New World.
Famous thirteenth century explorer.
Conducted sea explorations in the early seventeenth century.
Hunter and trapper who blazed Wilderness Road in Kentucky.
Famous Portuguese Explorer.
British explorer who mapped the South Pacific, including Hawaii.
Famous fifteenth century French explorer.
America was probably named for this letter-writing Italian explorer.
Spanish Conquistador who directed a voyage that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire.
He explored the American Northwest with Meriwether Lewis.
English explorer, aristocrat, spy, poet, writer, and soldier who is recognized for England's popularization of tobacco.
Famous American frontierswoman.
English soldier, author, and explorer credited with the establishment of the first English settlement in North America.
He explored the American Northwest with his partner William Clark.
Climbed to the top of Everest with guide Tensing Norgay.
French explorer of Breton descent who declared what is now Canada for France.
Early American folk hero who fought skillfully with knives and helped Texas to independence.
He was the first person to get to the North and South Pole without flying, and the first to cross Antarctica without driving.
With Matthew Peary, he was first to reach the North Pole (1909).
Norwegian explorer who led first team to reach the South Pole.
