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| Alphabetical | By Popularity (What's This?) | |  Cabot, John (1425-c.1500) (7)
- Cartier, Jacques (1491-1557) (3)
- Champlain, Samuel de (1567-1635) (5)
- Charlevoix, Pierre François-Xavier de (1682-1761) (2)
- Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847) (7)
- Hubbard, Mina
 - Includes background, biographies, and information about the centennial of her exploration of Labrador. - Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d' (1661-1706) (2)
- Amundsen, Roald (1872-1928) (4)
- Anza, Juan Bautista de (1736-1788) (4)
- Arduin, Dominick
- Official site for the French-born Finnish explorer. Includes notes on her attempts to be the first woman to ski solo to the North Pole.
- Aury, Louis-Michel (1788-1821)
- French privateer/pirate who participated in the revolutions of Mexico and Columbia and was a contemporary of Jean Laffite.
- Balboa, Vasco Núñez de (1475-1519) (7)
- Banks, Joseph (1743-1820)@
- Find sites for Sir Joseph Banks, the naturalist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first historical voyage to the Pacific. Sites feature biography, work, timeline, and legacy of the British explorer and botanist who introduced eucalyptus, acacia, and mimosa plant species to the West.
- Bruce, William S. (1867-1921)
- Profile of the explorer and researcher who led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904.
- Brulé, Étienne (1592-1632) (4)
- Burke and Wills (9)
- Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890) (2)
- Byrd, Richard (1888-1957) (5)
- Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez (1490-1557) (5)
- Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez (?-1543) (4)
- Cheng Ho (1371-1435) (3)
- Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506) (19)
- Learn about the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus, whose 1492 expedition to the Indies instead opened the Americas to European exploration and conquest. Includes sites on his life, voyages, and legacy as well as sites about Columbus Day.
- Cook, Frederick (1865-1940) (5)
- Cook, James (1728-1779) (12)
- Cortés, Hernán (1485-1547) (8)
- Dampier, William (1652-1715) (6)
- Learn about the British pirate and explorer William Dampier, who circumnavigated the world and was the first Englishman to visit New Holland (Australia) aboard the Cygnet. His influential observations, maps, and journals were published in New Voyage Round the World.
- David-Néel, Alexandra (1868-1969) (3)
- Drake, Sir Francis (c.1540-1596) (6)
- Learn about Sir Francis Drake, also known as El Dragon, the 16th century sea captain, privateer, and first English mariner to circumnavigate the globe aboard his ship named The Golden Hind.
- Ericsson, Leif (970-1020)@
- Estévanico the Moor (1503-1536) (3)
- Fiennes, Sir Ranulph (5)
- Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814)@
- Frobisher, Martin (1535?-1594) (2)
- Gama, Vasco da (1469-1524) (9)
- Gosnold, Bartholomew (1571?-1607) (3)
- Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) (6)
- Henson, Matthew (1866-1955) (5)
- Heyerdahl, Thor (1914-2002) (9)
- Hillary, Edmund@
- Hudson, Henry (1570?-1611) (4)
- Ibn Battuta, Abu Abdullah Muhammad (c.1304-c.1369) (4)
- La Salle, Rene Robert Cavelier de (1643-1687) (3)
- Lewis and Clark@
- Examines the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to chart a path across the western U.S. Includes information on the history of the journey, different exhibitions about the trip, and their Native American guide Sacagawea.
- Livingstone, David (1813-1873) (1)
- Luna y Arellano, Tristan de (c.1519-1573) (2)
- Magellan, Ferdinand (1480-1521) (8)
- Maillart, Ella (1903-1997)
- Traveller, writer, and explorer. Includes a bibliography and her photographs from throughout Central Asia and the Middle East.
- Mallory, George (1886-1924)@
- Mawson, Douglas (1882-1958)@
- Maximilian of Wied (1782-1867)
- German explorer and naturalist known for his studies of the Northern Plains tribes of North America.
- Nansen, Fridtjof (1861-1930) (4)
- Norgay, Tenzing (1916-1986)@
- Orellana, Francisco de (1511-1546) (4)
- Peary, Robert (1856-1920) (6)
- Pizarro, Francisco (c. 1475-1541) (7)
- Polo, Marco (1254-1324) (16)
- Ponce de Leon, Juan (1460-1521) (3)
- Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902)@
- Ralegh, Sir Walter (1552-1618) (8)
- Scott, Robert Falcon (1868-1912) (5)
- Learn about Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer who came second to the Norwegian Roald Amundsen in the historical 'Race to the South Pole.' Sites offer biography, vital stats, and expeditions of the legendary "Scotts of the Antarctic" who died while attempting to return from the historic Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913.
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest (1874-1922) (10)
- Soto, Hernando de (1496-1542) (6)
- Speke, John Hanning (1827-1864) (5)
- Stanley, Henry Morton (1841-1904) (3)
- Tasman, Abel (1603-1659)@
- Vázquez de Coronado, Francisco (1510-1554) (6)
- Verrazano, Giovanni da (1485-1528) (4)
- Vespucci, Amerigo (1452-1512) (5)
- Wikipedia: List of Explorers
- Directory of articles devoted to explorers through time, from Neil Armstrong to Ibn Battuta to Zheng He.
- Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877)@
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