Christopher Columbus — Italian explorer who opened the Americas to European colonization.
Ferdinand Magellan — Portuguese explorer who planned and led the first circumnavigation of Earth.
Marco Polo — Venetian merchant whose travels opened the East to European understanding.
Vasco da Gama — The Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route to India
James Cook — British Royal Navy officer who mapped much of the Pacific and Southern Oceans.
Ernest Shackleton — Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions and set a Farthest South record of 88°23′ S.
Roald Amundsen — Norwegian polar explorer who reached both the South and North Poles.
Robert Falcon Scott — British naval officer and Antarctic explorer who reached the South Pole.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition — The Lewis and Clark Expedition sought a direct water route across North America for commerce, with scientific research…
Zheng He — Chinese admiral who led seven voyages across the Indian Ocean.
Ibn Battuta — The greatest traveller of the pre-modern world, whose journeys spanned Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula.
Leif Erikson — Norse explorer who reached North America centuries before Columbus.
David Livingstone — Scottish doctor, missionary, and explorer whose search for the Nile sources aimed to gain influence to end the slave…
Henry Hudson — English sea explorer and navigator, best known for explorations of present-day Canada and the Northeastern United…