Explorers & Pioneers
9 entries in the Explorers & Pioneers compendium.
FibonacciItalian mathematician who popularized Hindu–Arabic numerals in Europe.Florence NightingalePhilanthropist and nurse known for her Crimean dispute with Florence Nightingale.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 IIsmaʿil Raji al-Faruqi (January 1, 1921 – May 27, 1986) was a Palestinian-American Muslim 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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