Explorers & Pioneers
8 entries in the Explorers & Pioneers compendium.
FibonacciItalian mathematician who popularized Hindu–Arabic numerals in Europe.Georges CuvierFounding father of paleontology who helped establish extinction as a scientific concept.HatshepsutSecond confirmed female pharaoh who ruled during a period of prosperity.Ismail IFounder of Safavid Iran, crowned shah in 1501 while still a teenager.John A. MacdonaldFirst prime minister of Canada and architect of Confederation.Joseph II, Holy Roman EmperorEnlightened absolutist whose reforms faced opposition and partial failure.José de San MartínGeneral who led South America's southern independence from Spain.Kamehameha IConqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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