List of explorers
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This list of explorers is sorted by surname. See also the links below.
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
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| Antonio de Abreu | Portuguese | 16th | Indonesia |
| Charles Albanel | French | 17th | Canada |
| Afonso de Albuquerque | Portuguese | 16th | India |
| Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin | American | 20th | the Moon |
| Pêro de Alenquer | Portuguese | 15th | African coast |
| Benedict Allen | English | 20th/21st | various |
| Diego de Almagro | Spanish | 16th | Peru, Chile |
| Francisco de Almeida | Portuguese | 16th | India |
| Pedro de Alvarado | Spanish | 16th | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras |
| Francisco Alvarez | Portuguese | 16th | Ethiopia |
| Jorge Álvares | Portuguese | 16th | China |
| Roald Amundsen | Norwegian | early 20th | South Pole, Antarctica, Northwest Passage |
| Fernão Pires de Andrade | Portuguese | 16th | China |
| Salomon August Andrée | Swedish | 19th | Arctic |
| Roy Chapman Andrews | American | 20th | China, Mongolia |
| Neil Armstrong | American | 20th | the Moon |
| Diogo de Azambuja | Portuguese | 15th | west African coast |
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
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| Alexandra David-Néel | French | 20th | Tibet |
| Semyon Dezhnev | Russian | 17th | area and islands of the Bering Strait |
| Bartolomeu and Pêro Dias | Portuguese | 15th | Cape of Good Hope |
| Dinis Dias | Portuguese | 15th | Cap-Vert |
| Diogo Dias | Portuguese | 15th | Cape Verde islands, Brazil, Madagascar |
| Bernal Díaz del Castillo | Spanish | 16th | Mexico |
| David Douglas | Scottish | 19th | Pacific Northwest |
| Sir Francis Drake | English | 16th | circumnavigation |
| Jules Dumont d'Urville | French | 19th | Australasia, Antarctica |
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
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| Gil Eanes | Portuguese | 15th | northwest African coast |
| Juan Sebastián Elcano | Spain | 16th | completed Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation |
| Erik the Red | Viking | 10th | Greenland |
| Leif Ericson | Viking | early 11th | Vinland (Newfoundland) |
| Pedro Escobar | Portuguese | 15th | São Tomé and Príncipe islands |
| George Everest | Welsh | 19th | India |
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Fanning | American | 18th/19th | Oceania |
| Sir Ranulph Fiennes | English | 20th | Arctic, Antarctica |
| António Fernandes | Portuguese | 15th | west African coast |
| Baltazar Fernandes | Portuguese | 17th | Brazil |
| Duarte Fernandes | Portuguese | 16th | Thailand |
| Matthew Flinders | English | 18th/19th | Australia, Tasmania |
| Alexander Forbes | Scottish | 19th | California |
| John Franklin | English | 19th | Northwest Passage |
| John C. Frémont | American | 19th | Oregon Trail, Sierra Nevada |
| Louis de Freycinet | French | 19th | western Australia, Oceania |
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfons Gabriel | Austrian | 20th | Iran |
| Yuri Gagarin | Russian | 20th | Earth orbit |
| Juan Galindo | mixed | 19th | Mesoamerica (Mayan remains) |
| Estevão da Gama | Portuguese | 16th | Indian Ocean |
| Paulo da Gama | Portuguese | 15th | sea route from Europe to India |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuguese | 15th/16th | sea route from Europe to India |
| Thomas Gann | Irish | 19th/20th | Mesoamerica (Mayan remains) |
| Francis Garnier | French | 19th | Mekong River |
| Pierre Gaultier de Varennes | French Canadian | 18th | North American interior |
| Romolo Gessi | Italian | 19th | the Nile, Sudan |
| Ernest Giles | Australian | 19th | central Australia |
| André Gonçalves | Portuguese | 15th/16th | Brazil |
| Antão Gonçalves | Portuguese | 15th | west African coast |
| Lopes Gonçalves | Portuguese | 15th | Atlantic Ocean |
| James Augustus Grant | Scottish | 19th | eastern Africa |
| João Grego | Portuguese | 15th | African coast |
| Juan de Grijalva | Spanish | 16th | Mexico, Nicaragua |
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta | Moroccan | 14th | India, China, southeast Asia |
| Ahmad ibn Rustah | Persian | 10th | Russia, Scandinavia, Arabia |
| João Infante | Portuguese | 15th | African coast |
| Helge Ingstad | Norwegian | 20th | Newfoundland, Greenland, Alaska |
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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorfinn Karlsefni | Icelandic | early 11th | Vinland |
| George Kennan | American | 19th/20th | Russia (Kamchatka, Caucasus, Siberia) |
| Edmund Kennedy | British/Australian | 19th | Australian interior |
| Ferdinand Konščak | Croatian | 18th | Baja California peninsula |
| Pyotr Kozlov | Russian | early 20th | Mongolia, Tibet |
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See also
- Astronaut (Cosmonaut)
- * International Space Station
- Conquistador
- Explorations
- List of maritime explorers
- Travel literature
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