[{"n": "Tristão da Cunha", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/trist-o-da-cunha/", "s": "Portuguese explorer who discovered the Tristan da Cunha islands and participated in the capture of Socotra."}, {"n": "Vasco Núñez de Balboa", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/vasco-n-ez-de-balboa/", "s": "Spanish explorer who first sighted the Pacific Ocean from Panama."}, {"n": "Vicente Yáñez Pinzón", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/vicente-y-ez-pinz-n/", "s": "Spanish navigator, captain of the Niña, and Amazon River discoverer."}, {"n": "Vitus Bering", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/vitus-bering/", "s": "Danish-born Russian explorer of Asia and North America."}, {"n": "Walter Raleigh", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/walter-raleigh/", "s": "English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer of the Elizabethan era."}, {"n": "Wang Dayuan", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/wang-dayuan/", "s": "14th-century Chinese traveller who documented early Singapore and Taiwan."}, {"n": "Willem Barentsz", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/willem-barentsz/", "s": "Dutch navigator who sought the Northeast passage and explored the Arctic."}, {"n": "Willem Janszoon", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/willem-janszoon/", "s": "Dutch navigator who made first recorded European landfall in Australia."}, {"n": "William Adams (samurai)", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/william-adams-samurai/", "s": "English navigator who became a samurai advisor in Japan."}, {"n": "William Clark", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/william-clark/", "s": "Explorer, soldier, and diplomat who mapped the American West."}, {"n": "William Dampier", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/william-dampier/", "s": "English explorer, pirate, and naturalist who bridged two eras of exploration."}, {"n": "William of Rubruck", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/william-of-rubruck/", "s": "Franciscan friar who traveled to the Mongol Empire and wrote a travel account."}, {"n": "Xu Fu", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/xu-fu/", "s": "Chinese alchemist who vanished seeking the elixir of life."}, {"n": "Zebulon Pike", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/zebulon-pike/", "s": "American brigadier general and explorer of the Louisiana Purchase."}, {"n": "Zhang Qian", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/zhang-qian/", "s": "Han envoy whose journeys opened the Silk Road."}, {"n": "Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/lvar-n-ez-cabeza-de-vaca/", "s": "Spanish explorer, survivor, and chronicler of Native American tribes."}, {"n": "Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/lvaro-de-menda-a-de-neira/", "s": "Spanish navigator who led two early Pacific expeditions."}, {"n": "Vivian Fuchs", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/vivian-fuchs/", "s": "Led the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958."}, {"n": "Walter Bonatti", "u": "/e/explorers-and-conquistadors/walter-bonatti/", "s": "Italian mountaineer known for solo ascents and K2 controversy."}]