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List of explorers (Source: Wikipedia.com)
Antonio de Abreu

Portuguese

16th

Indonesia

William Adams

British

17th

Japan

Charles Albanel

French

17th

Canada

Afonso de
Albuquerque

Portuguese

16th

Asia

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

American

20th

the Moon

Pro de Alenquer

Portuguese

15th/16th

Indian Ocean

Jean Alfonse (Joo

Afonso)

Portuguese (LusoFrench)

15th/16th

Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia,

possibly Australia; Brazil, North America

Benedict Allen

British

20th/21st

various

Diego de Almagro

Spanish

16th

Peru, Chile

Lszl Almsy

Hungarian

19th/20th

Africa

Francisco de
Almeida

Portuguese

16th

India

Loureno de
Almeida

Portuguese

15th

Sri Lanka, India

Pedro de Alvarado

Spanish

16th

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

Francisco lvares

Portuguese

16th

Ethiopia

Gonalo lvares

Portuguese

15th

Gough Island, Namibia

Jorge lvares

Portuguese

16th

China

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian

early 20th

South Pole, Antarctica, Northwest Passage

Jos Alberto de
Oliveira Anchieta

Portuguese

19th

Gough Island

William "Bill"
Anders

American

20th

first to fly to the Moon

Charles John
Andersson

Swedish

19th

Southern Africa

Antnio de Andrade

Portuguese

16th/17th

India, Tibet

Ferno Pires de
Andrade

Portuguese

15th

Ming China

Salomon August
Andre

Swedish

19th

Arctic

Roy Chapman
Andrews

American

20th

China, Mongolia

Dominick Arduin

French

20th/21st

North Pole

Henryk Arctowski

Polish

20th

Antarctic, South America

Neil Armstrong

American

20th

the Moon (first man on the moon)

Inglfur Arnarson

Norse

9th

Iceland

Vladimir Arsenyev

Russian

20th

Far East

Pro de Atade

Portuguese

16th/17th

Indian Ocean

Vasco de Atade

Portuguese

16th/17th

India, Tibet

Vladimir Atlasov

Siberian Cossack

17th

Kamchatka Peninsula

Vin Auer

Finnish

20th

Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia

Diogo de Azambuja

Portuguese

15th

West African coast

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Name

National
ity

Cent
ury

Main area/s explored

George
Back

British

19th

Canadian Arctic khoa

William

British

17th

Northwest Passage

Name

National
ity

Cent
ury

Main area/s explored

Baffin

Samuel
Baker

British

19th

Africa

Vasco
Nez de
Balboa

Spanish

16th

Panama, 'discovered' the Pacific Ocean

Robert
Ballard

American

20th

deep sea wrecks, Titanic

Ann
Bancroft

American

20th/21
st

Arctic, Antartic

Joseph
Banks

British

18th

Newfoundland and Labrador, South Pacific

Giosafat
Barbaro

Italian

15th

Black Sea, Near East

Duarte
Barbosa

Portuguese

15th/16t
h

Indian Ocean, 1st circumnavigation (most historians believe that he is

the same person accompanying Magellan), became second in
command (later co-captain general). Commanded the
ship Victoria from the South Atlantic and across the Pacific. Kingdom
of Mutapa, India, Bahrein.

Pro de
Barcelos

Portuguese

15th/16t
h

North America

Afonso
Gonalves
Baldaia

Portuguese

15th

Western Sahara

Name

National
ity

Cent
ury

Main area/s explored

Jeanne
Bar

French

18th/19t
h

Pacific Ocean

Willem
Barentsz

Dutch

16th

Northeast Passage, Novaya Zemlya, Svalbard

Heinrich
Barth

German

19th

Central and northern Africa

Robert
Bartlett

Newfoundl
ander

early
20th

Arctic

George
Bass

Australian

18th

Australia

Henry
Walter
Bates

British

19th

Amazonia

Abu
Abdullah
Muhamma
d Ibn
Battuta[1][2]

Marinid

14th

Africa, Central Asia, China, Europe, Indian

subcontinent, Middle East, Russia, Southeast Asia

Nicolas
Baudin

French

18th

Australia

William
Beebe

American

20th

deep sea

Pyotr
Beketov

Russian

17th

Siberia

Name

National
ity

Cent
ury

Main area/s explored

Gertrude
Bell

British

19th/20t
h

Greater Syria Mesopotamia Asia Minor Arabia

Fabian
Gottlieb
von
Bellingsha
usen

Baltic
German

19th

Antarctica

Joseph
Ren
Bellot

French

19th

Arctic

Benjamin
of Tudela

Navarrese

12th

Syria, Palestine, Baghdad, Persia, Arabian Peninsula

Mric
Benyovsz
ky

Hungarian

18th

northern Pacific Ocean[3]

Vitus
Bering

Danish

18th

northern Pacific Ocean, Bering Strait, Alaska (North America)

Hiram
Bingham
III

American

20th

Machu Picchu, Peru

Isabella
Bird

British

19th/20t
h

North
America Hawaii Japan Korea China Vietnam Singapore Malaysia Indi
a PersiaKurdistan Turkey Morocco

John
BlashfordSnell

British

20th/21
st

various

Name

National
ity

Cent
ury

Main area/s explored

Adriaen
Block

Dutch

early
17th

East Coast of the United States

Nellie Bly

American

19th/20t
h

trip around the world in 72 days

Juan
Francisco
de la
Bodega y
Quadra

Spanish

18th

Pacific Northwest

Vittorio
Bottego

Italian

19th

Somalia

Adam
Brand

German

17th

Russia, China

Pierre
Savorgnan
de Brazza

Italian/Fren
ch

19th

Congo

Saint
Brendan

Irish

6th

Atlantic Ocean, Iceland

Jim
Bridger

American

19th

Western United States

William
A. Brown

American

20th

Pacific Ocean

James
Bruce

British

18th

Algeria, the Middle East, Egypt

Name

National
ity

Cent
ury

Main area/s explored

William S.
Bruce

British

early
20th

Antarctica

tienne
Brl

French

17th

Canada

Lafayette
Bunnell

American

19th

Yosemite Valley

Johann
Ludwig
Burckhard
t

Swiss

19th

Middle East, Sudan

Robert
O'Hara
Burke

Irish

19th

Australia

Frederick
Russell
Burnham

American

19th/20t
h

Africa, Mexico

Richard
Francis
Burton

British

19th

East Africa

Jos de
Bustamant
e y Guerra

Spanish

18th

Pacific Ocean

Richard E.
Byrd

American

20th

North Pole, Antarctica

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Name

Nationality

Century

Main area/s explored

lvar Nez
Cabeza de Vaca

Spanish

16th

southwestern United States, Mexico, Argentina

John Cabot[4]

Italian

15th

North American mainland (Canada)

Sebastian Cabot

Italian

15th

Northwest Passage (Canada), Ro de la Plata, Paran

River (South America)

Joo Cabral

Portuguese

16th

Bhutan & Nepal

Pedro lvares
Cabral

Portuguese

15th/16th

Brazil, Madagascar

Joo Rodrigues
Cabrilho

Portuguese

16th

California

Estvo Cacella

Portuguese

16th

Himalayas

Alvise Cadamosto

Italian

15th

Cape Verde islands

Ren Cailli

French

19th

North Africa

lvaro Caminha

Portuguese

15th

So Tom and Prncipe islands

Pro Vaz de
Caminha

Portuguese

15th

Brazil

Alberto del Canto

Portuguese

15th/16th

Northwestern Mexico

Diogo Co

Portuguese

15th

west coast of Africa (including the Congo River)

Name

Nationality

Century

Main area/s explored

Hermenegildo de
Brito Capelo

Portuguese

19th

African continent

John Carpini

Italian

13th

Central Asia, Mongolia

Juan Carrasco

Spanish

18th

Pacific Northwest

Jan Carstensz

Dutch

17th

New Guinea coast, Gulf of Carpentaria

Jacques Cartier

French

16th

St. Lawrence River

Joo de Castro

Portuguese

15th

India, Arabian Peninsula & Red Sea

Ren-Robert
Cavelier

French

17th

Mississippi embayment

Thomas Cavendish

British

16th

Virginia, Pacific coast of Central and South America

Harriet Chalmers
Adams

American

19th/20th

South America, Asia, South Pacific

Samuel de
Champlain

French

16th/17th

Quebec, Great Lakes

Chang Chun

Chinese

13th

Central Asia, Mongolia

Jean Chardin

French

17th

Persia, India

Semion Chelyuskin

Russian

18th

Great Northern Expedition

Name

Nationality

Century

Main area/s explored

Vasily Chichagov

Russian

18th

Northern Sea Route

Aleksei Chirikov

Russian

18th

Great Northern Expedition

Fletcher Christian

British

18th

Polynesia

Boris Chukhnovsky

Russian

20th

Arctic

Hugh Clapperton

British

early 19th

west and central Africa

William Clark

American

early 19th

western United States

Gonalo Coelho

Portuguese

15th/16th

South American coast

Nicolau Coelho

Portuguese

15th

Brazil

Frank Cole

Canadian

20th

Sahara

Christopher
Columbus[5]

Italian

15th/16th

Bahamas, Caribbean, Central America, South

America (Colombia andVenezuela)

George Comer

American

19th/20th

Arctic

Niccol Da Conti

Italian

early 15th

India, Southeast Asia

Frederick Cook

American

19th/20th

Arctic

James Cook

British

18th

Australasia, Oceania

Name

Nationality

Century

Main area/s explored

Francisco Vsquez
de Coronado

Spanish

16th

New Mexico

Diogo lvares
Correia

Portuguese

16th

Brazil

Gaspar Crte-Real

Portuguese

16th

Newfoundland, Greenland

Joo Crte-Real

Portuguese

late 15th

Azores, Newfoundland (Possible exploration of North

America in 1473)

Miguel Crte-Real

Portuguese

16th

Greenland, Newfoundland, Massachusetts

Hernn Corts

Spanish

16th

Mexico

Juan de la Cosa

Spanish

15th/16th

Caribbean, South America

Thomas Coulter

Irish

19th

Mexico, Alta California

Jean Cousin

French

15th

Possibly the Americas around 1488. Possibly mouth of

the Amazon River

Jacques-Yves
Cousteau

French

20th

the deep sea

Pro da Covilh

Portuguese

15th/16th

India, Ethiopia

Tom Crean

Irish

20th

Antarctica

Andrew Croft

English

20th

Arctic

Name

Nationality

Tristo da Cunha

Portuguese

Jeremy Curl

British

Century

16th

Main area/s explored

Tristan da Cunha islands