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List of explorers

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This '''list of explorers''' is sorted by surname. See also the links #See also below. {{compactTOC2}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Antonio de Abreu .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 16th century 16th || Indonesia |- | Charles Albanel .html">French people French || 17th century 17th || Canada |- | Afonso de Albuquerque || Portuguese || 16th || India |- | Buzz Aldrin Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin || Americans American || 20th century 20th || the Moon |- | Pêro de Alenquer .html">15th century 15th || African coast |- | Benedict Allen .html">English people English || 20th/21st century 21st || various |- | Diego de Almagro .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th || Peru, Chile |- | Francisco de Almeida || Portuguese || 16th || India |- | Pedro de Alvarado || Spanish || 16th || Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras |- | Francisco Alvarez || Portuguese || 16th || Ethiopia |- | Jorge Ã?lvares || Portuguese || 16th || China |- | Roald Amundsen .html">Norwegians Norwegian_|| early 20th || Antarctica (South Pole), Northwest Passage |- | Fernão Pires de Andrade || Portuguese || 16th || China |- | Salomon August Andrée .html">Swedish people Swedish || 19th century 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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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | George Back .html">English people English || 19th century 19th || Canada Canadian Arctic |- | William Baffin .html">17th century 17th || Northwest Passage |- | Samuel Baker || English || 19th || Africa |- | Vasco Núñez de Balboa .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th century 16th || Panama |- | Pêro de Barcelos .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th/16th || North America |- | Willem Barents .html">Dutch people Dutch || 16th || Northeast Passage, Novaya Zemlya |- | Heinrich Barth .html">Germans German_|| 19th || Central and northern Africa |- | Robert Bartlett .html">Canadians Canadian_|| early 20th century 20th || Arctic |- | George Bass .html">Australians Australian_|| 18th century 18th || Australia |- | Ibn Battuta Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta || Morocco Moroccan || 14th century 14th || India, China, Southeast Asia |- | Nicolas Baudin .html">French people French || 18th || Australia |- | Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .html">Russian people Russian || 19th || Antarctica |- | Joseph René Bellot || French || 19th || Arctic |- | Móric Beňovský .html">Slovaks Slovak_|| 18th || northern Pacific Ocean |- | Vitus Bering .html">Danes Danish || 18th || northern Pacific Ocean |- | Vittorio Bottego .html">Italians Italian_|| 19th || Somalia |- | Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza Pierre Savorgan de Brazza || Italian/French || 19th || Republic of the Congo Congo |- | Brendan Saint Brendan || Irish people Irish || 6th century 6th || Atlantic Ocean |- | James Bruce .html">Scottish people Scottish || 18th || Algeria, the Middle East, Egypt |- | William S. Bruce || Scottish || early 20th || Antarctica |- | Lafayette Bunnell .html">Americans American_|| 19th || Yosemite Valley |- | Richard Francis Burton || English || 19th || central Africa |- | Richard E. Byrd || American || 20th || North Pole, Antarctica |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) .html">Italians Italian_|| 15th century 15th || North American mainland (Canada) |- | Pedro Ã?lvares Cabral .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th/16th century 16th || Brazil, Madagascar |- | Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo João Rodrigues Cabrilho || Portuguese || 16th || California |- | Alvise Cadamosto || Italian || 15th || Cape Verde islands |- | Alvaro Caminha || Portuguese || 15th || São Tomé and Príncipe islands |- | Pêro Vaz de Caminha || Portuguese || 15th || Brazil |- | Diogo Cão || Portuguese || 15th || west coast of Africa (including the Congo River) |- | Jan Carstenszoon Jan Carstensz || Dutch people Dutch || 17th century 17th || New Guinea coast, Gulf of Carpentaria |- | Jacques Cartier .html">French people French || 16th || St. Lawrence River |- | René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle René-Robert Cavelier || French || 17th century 17th || Mississippi embayment |- | Thomas Cavendish .html">English people English || 16th || Virginia, Pacific coast of Central America Central and South America |- | Samuel de Champlain || French || 16th/17th || Quebec, Great Lakes |- | Hugh Clapperton .html">Scottish people Scottish || early 19th century 19th || West Africa west and central Africa |- | William Clark .html">Americans American_|| early 19th || Lewis and Clark Expedition western United States |- | Gonçalo Coelho || Portuguese || 15th/16th || South American coast |- | Nicolau Coelho || Portuguese || 15th || Brazil |- | Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) || Italian || 15th/16th || Caribbean |- | Niccolò Da Conti || Italian || early 15th || India, Southeast Asia |- | Frederick Cook .html">20th century 20th || Arctic |- | James Cook .html">18th century 18th || Australasia, Oceania |- | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th || New Mexico |- | João Vaz Corte-Real João, Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar and Miguel Corte-Real || Portuguese || 15th/16th || Newfoundland |- | Hernán Cortés || Spanish || 16th || Mexico |- | Juan de la Cosa || Spanish || 15th/16th || Caribbean, South America |- | Jacques-Yves Cousteau || French || 20th || the deep sea |- | Pero da Covilhã || Portuguese || 15th/16th || Ethiopia |- | Tristão da Cunha || Portuguese || 16th || Tristan da Cunha islands |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Alexandra David-Néel .html">French people French || 20th century 20th || Tibet |- | Semyon Dezhnev .html">Russians Russian_|| 17th century 17th || area and islands of the Bering Strait |- | Bartolomeu Dias Bartolomeu and Pêro Dias .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || Cape of Good Hope |- | Dinis Dias || Portuguese || 15th || Cap-Vert |- | Diogo Dias || Portuguese || 15th || Cape Verde islands, Brazil, Madagascar |- | Bernal Díaz del Castillo .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th century 16th || Mexico |- | David Douglas .html">Scottish people Scottish || 19th century 19th || Pacific Northwest |- | Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake || English people English || 16th || circumnavigation |- | Jules Dumont d'Urville || French || 19th || Australasia, Antarctica |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Gil Eanes .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || northwest African coast |- | Juan Sebastián Elcano .html">Spanish people Spain || 16th century 16th || completed Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation |- | Erik the Red .html">Viking |_10th century|10th || Greenland |- | Leif Ericson .html">11th century 11th || Vinland (Newfoundland) |- | Pedro Escobar || Portuguese || 15th || São Tomé and Príncipe islands |- | George Everest .html">Welsh people Welsh || 19th century 19th || India |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Edmund Fanning .html">Americans American_|| 18th century 18th/19th century 19th || Oceania |- | Sir Ranulph Fiennes .html">English people English || 20th century 20th || Arctic, Antarctica |- | António Fernandes .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || west African coast |- | Baltazar Fernandes .html">17th century 17th || Brazil |- | Duarte Fernandes .html">16th century 16th || Thailand |- | Matthew Flinders || English || 18th/19th || Australia, Tasmania |- | Alexander Forbes .html">Scottish people Scottish || 19th || California |- | John Franklin || English || 19th || Northwest Passage |- | John C. Frémont .html">Oregon Trail, Sierra Nevada.html">Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada |- | Louis de Freycinet .html">French people French || 19th || western Australia, Oceania |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Alfons Gabriel .html">Austrian people Austrian || 20th century 20th || Iran |- | Yuri Gagarin .html">Russians Russian_|| 20th || Earth orbit |- | Juan Galindo .html">19th century 19th || Mesoamerica (Maya civilization Mayan remains) |- | Estevão da Gama .html">16th century 16th || Indian Ocean |- | Paulo da Gama .html">15th century 15th || sea route from Europe to India |- | Vasco da Gama || Portuguese || 15th/16th || sea route from Europe to India |- | Thomas Gann .html">Irish people Irish || 19th/20th || Mesoamerica (Mayan remains) |- | Francis Garnier .html">French people French || 19th || Mekong River |- | Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye Pierre Gaultier de Varennes || French Canadian .html">18th century 18th || North American interior |- | Romolo Gessi .html">Italians Italian_|| 19th || the Nile, Sudan |- | Ernest Giles .html">Australians 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 .html">Scottish people Scottish || 19th || eastern Africa |- | João Grego || Portuguese || 15th || African coast |- | Juan de Grijalva .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th || Mexico, Nicaragua |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Hanno the Navigator .html">Carthage Carthaginian_|| 6th century BCE 6th BCE || west African coast |- | Hannu .html">ancient Egyptian | (circa|c.2750 BCE) || eastern Africa |- | Dirk Hartog .html">Dutch people Dutch || 17th century 17th || western Australian coast |- | Sven Hedin .html">Swedish people Swedish || 19th century 19th/20th century 20th || central Asia |- | Louis Hennepin .html">Belgians Belgian/French people French || 17th || North American interior |- | Bjarni Herjulfsson .html">Viking |_10th century|10th || North America |- | Thor Heyerdahl .html">Norwegians Norwegian_|| 20th || Anthropology anthropological ocean voyages |- | Sir Edmund Hillary .html">English people English || 20th || Mount Everest |- | Himilco the Navigator || Carthaginian || 6th BCE || northwestern coast of Europe |- | Clement Hodgkinson || English || 19th || New South Wales (Australia) |- | Hong Bao || Chinese || 15th || South Shetland Islands, South Atlantic |- | Cornelis de Houtman .html">16th century 16th || sea route from Europe to Indonesia |- | Frederick de Houtman || Dutch || 16th/17th || western Australian coast |- | William Hovell || English || 19th || southern New South Wales |- | Henry Hudson || English || 17th || Northwest Passage, Hudson River and Hudson Bay |- | Alexander von Humboldt .html">Germans German_|| 19th || Latin America, Siberia |- | Hamilton Hume .html">Australians Australian || 19th || Australian interior |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta .html">Morocco Moroccan_|| 14th century 14th || India, China, southeast Asia |- | Ahmad ibn Rustah .html">Persians Persian_|| 10th century 10th || Russia, Scandinavia, Arabia |- | João Infante .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || African coast |- | Helge Ingstad .html">Norwegians Norwegian_|| 20th century 20th || Newfoundland, Greenland, Alaska |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Thorfinn Karlsefni .html">Icelandic |_early 11th century|11th || Vinland |- | George Kennan (explorer) George Kennan || United States American || 19th century 19th/20th century 20th || Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula Kamchatka, Caucasus, Siberia) |- | Edmund Kennedy .html">Britons British/Australians Australian || 19th || Australian interior |- | Ferdinand KonÅ¡Ä?ak .html">Croatian |_18th century|18th || Baja California peninsula |- | Pyotr Kozlov .html">Russians Russian_|| early 20th || Mongolia, Tibet |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Richard Lemon Lander .html">Cornish people British || early 19th century 19th || west Africa (Niger River Niger and Benue Rivers) |- | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse Jean-François de Galaup || French people French || 18th century 18th || Pacific Rim |- | João Fernandes Lavrador .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th/16th century 16th || Labrador |- | Albert von Le Coq .html">Germans German_|| 19th/20th century 20th || central Asia |- | John Ledyard .html">Americans American_|| 18th || Australasia, Oceania, Russia |- | Miguel López de Legazpi .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th || Philippines |- | Ludwig Leichhardt .html">Prussian people Prussian || 19th || Australian interior |- | Gaspar de Lemos || Portuguese || 15th || Brazil |- | Dragutin Lerman .html">Croatian |_19th/20th || Republic of the Congo|Congo |- | Meriwether Lewis .html">Lewis and Clark Expedition western United States |- | David Livingstone .html">Scottish people Scottish || 19th || Southern Africa southern and East Africa eastern Africa |- |}

M
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) Alexander Mackenzie || Scottish people Scottish || 18th century 18th/19th century 19th || Canada |- | Ferdinand Magellan .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th/16th century 16th || circumnavigation |- | Teoberto Maler .html">Germans German-Italians Italian || 19th || Mesoamerica (Maya civilization Mayan remains) |- | George Mallory .html">English people English || early 20th century 20th || Mount Everest |- | Lourenço Marques || Portuguese || 16th || Mozambique |- | �lvaro Martins || Portuguese || 15th || Newfoundland, Cape of Good Hope |- | Pedro Mascarenhas || Portuguese || 16th || Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia |- | Douglas Mawson .html">Australians Australian_|| 20th || Antarctica |- | �lvaro de Mendaña de Neira �lvaro de Mendaña || Spanish people Spanish || 16th || Pacific Ocean |- | Archibald Menzies || Scottish || 18th/19th || Pacific Ocean, circumnavigation |- | Thomas Mitchell || Scottish || 19th || Australian interior |}

N
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Fridtjof Nansen .html">Norwegians Norwegian_|| 19th century 19th/20th century 20th || Arctic |- | Nehsi .html">ancient Egyptian | 15th century BCE|15th BCE || Land of Punt |- | Jean Nicolet .html">French people French || 17th century 17th || Northwest Territory (United States) |- | Joseph Nicollet .html">Americans American_|| 19th || Mississippi River Mississippi and Missouri Rivers |- | Afanasiy Nikitin .html">Russians Russian_|| 15th century 15th || India |- | António Noli .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th || Cape Verde islands |- | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld .html">Finnish people Finnish/Swedish people Swedish || 19th || Arctic |- | Tenzing Norgay .html">Nepalese |_20th || Mount Everest |- | Fernão de Noronha .html">16th century 16th || Atlantic Ocean |- | João da Nova || Portuguese || 16th || Atlantic and Indian Oceans |- | Paulo Dias de Novais || Portuguese || 16th || Angola |- | �lvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th || southwestern United States, Mexico, Argentina |}

O
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Peter Skene Ogden .html">Canadian people Canadian || early 19th century 19th || Snake River country, western United States |- | Francisco de Orellana .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th century 16th || South America, Amazon River |- | John Oxley .html">English people English || early 19th || New South Wales, southeastern Queensland (Australia) |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Mungo Park .html">Scottish people Scottish || 18th century 18th/19th century 19th || west Africa (Niger River) |- | William Edward Parry William Parry || English people English || 19th || Arctic |- | Robert Peary .html">Americans American || 19th/20th || Arctic |- | Paul Pelliot .html">French people French || 19th/20th || central Asia |- | Duarte Pacheco Pereira .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || Atlantic Ocean, Brazil |- | Bartolomeu Perestrelo || Portuguese || 15th || Madeira Islands |- | Auguste Piccard .html">Swiss people Swiss || 20th || Earth's atmosphere, the deep sea |- | Jacques Piccard || Swiss || 20th || the deep sea |- | Zebulon Pike || American || early 19th || southern Louisiana Purchase (United States) |- | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda .html">Spanish people Spanish || early 16th || Gulf Coast of the United States Gulf Coast |- | Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto Serpa Pinto || Portuguese || 19th || southern Africa |- | Fernão Mendes Pinto || Portuguese || 16th || India, Far East, Japan |- | Martin Alonzo Pinzón || Spanish || 15th || Caribbean |- | Vicente Yáñez Pinzón || Spanish || 15th/16th || Caribbean, Brazil |- | Luís Pires || Portuguese || 15th || abortive voyage to Brazil |- | Francisco Pizarro || Spanish || 16th || Hispaniola, Panama, Peru |- | Fernão do Pó || Portuguese || 15th || west African coast |- | Marco Polo .html">Republic of Venice Venetian || 13th century 13th/14th century 14th || China, Mongol Empire |- | Peter Pond .html">Canada Canadian interior |- | Gaspar de Portolà .html">Alta California Alta and Baja California |- | John Wesley Powell || American || 19th || western United States |- | Nathaniel Hale Pryor .html">Lewis and Clark Expedition western United States |- | Nikolai Przhevalsky .html">Russians Russian_|| 19th || central Asia |- | Pytheas .html">Ancient Greece ancient Greek || 4th century BCE 4th BCE || northern Europe |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Pedro Fernández de Quirós .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 16th century 16th/17th century 17th || Oceania |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | John Rae .html">Scottish people Scottish || 19th century 19th || Northwest Passage, Canada Canadian Arctic |- | Walter Raleigh .html">English people English || 16th century 16th/17th century 17th || Virginia, the Orinoco river |- | Diogo Rodrigues .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 16th || Mascarene Islands |- | Cândido Rondon .html">Brazilians Brazilian_|| 19th/20th century 20th || Brazilian interior (Amazon Basin) |- | James Clark Ross || Scottish || 19th || Arctic, Antarctic |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | João de Santarém .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || São Tomé and Príncipe islands |- | Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th century 16th || Solomon Islands |- | Robert Falcon Scott .html">English people English || 19th century 19th/20th century 20th || Antarctica (South Pole) |- | Scylax of Caryanda .html">Ancient Greece ancient Greek || 6th century BCE 6th BCE || Indus River, Indian Ocean, Red Sea |- | Tibor Sekelj .html">Croats Croat_|| 20th century 20th || Argentina |- | Mirko and Stjepan Seljan || Croat || early 20th || Ethiopia, South America |- | Ernest Shackleton || Anglo-Irish || early 20th || Antarctica |- | Eric Shipton || English || 20th || Mount Everest, southern Patagonia |- | Diogo Silves || Portuguese || 15th || Azores |- | Pêro de Sintra || Portuguese || 15th || west African coast, Sierra Leone |- | William Smith (mariner) William Smith || English || early 19th || South Shetland Islands |- | Hernando de Soto (explorer) Hernando de Soto || Spanish || 16th || Central America, southern United States |- | Martim Afonso de Sousa || Portuguese || 16th || Brazilian interior |- | John Hanning Speke .html">East Africa eastern Africa |- | William Stairs .html">Canadians Canadian_|| 19th || central Africa |- | Henry Morton Stanley .html">Welsh people Welsh || 19th || eastern Africa |- | Marc Aurel Stein .html">Hungarians Hungarian/United Kingdom British || 19th/20th || central Asia |- | John Lloyd Stephens .html">Americans American_|| 19th || Middle East, Mesoamerica (Maya civilization Mayan remains) |- | Storker T Storkersen .html">Norwegian |_20th || Canadian Arctic |- | PaweÅ‚ Edmund Strzelecki PaweÅ‚ Strzelecki (Sir Paul de Strzelecki) || Poles Polish/British || 19th || the Americas, Australia (Gippsland) |- | John McDouall Stuart .html">Scottish people Scottish/Australians Australian || 19th || Australian interior |- | Charles Sturt || English || 19th || Australian interior |- | Ignacije Szentmartony || Croat || 18th || Amazon River |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Abel Tasman .html">Dutch people Dutch || 17th century 17th || Australasia, including Tasmania |- | Pedro Teixeira .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 17th || Amazon River |- | Tristão Vaz Teixeira .html">15th century 15th || Madeira Islands |- | Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir Guthríthur Thorbjarnardóttir || Icelandic .html">11th century 11th || North America |- | Harold William Tilman .html">English people English || 20th century 20th || Himalayas, Patagonia |- | Yermak Timofeyevich .html">Russians Russian_(Cossack) .html">16th century 16th || Siberia |- | Luis Váez de Torres || Portuguese || 17th || Australasia |- | Nuno Tristão || Portuguese || 15th || west African coast, Guinea-Bissau |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Andrés de Urdaneta .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th century 16th || Manila Galleon route |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | George Vancouver .html">English people English || 18th century 18th || Pacific coast of North America (United States U.S. West Coast of the United States Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest) |- | Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye Pierre Gaultier de Varennes || French Canadian || 18th || western Canada |- | Gonçalo Velho .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || Azores |- | Giovanni da Verrazano .html">Italians Italian_|| early 16th century 16th || East Coast of the United States |- | Amerigo Vespucci || Italian || 15th/16th || eastern South American coast, Caribbean |- | Ruy López de Villalobos .html">Spanish people Spanish || 16th || Pacific Ocean, Philippines |- | Willem de Vlamingh .html">Flemish people Flemish/Dutch people Dutch || 17th century 17th || southwest Australian coast |- |}

W
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Jean-Frédéric Waldeck .html">French people French || 19th century 19th || Mesoamerica (Maya civilization Mayan remains) |- | Thomas Walker (explorer) Thomas Walker || English people English || 18th century 18th || eastern United States (Allegheny Mountains, Cumberland Plateau) |- | Langdon Warner .html">Americans American_|| early 20th century 20th || the Silk Road |- | Harry de Windt || French || 19th/20th || Eurasia |- |}

Y
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | Francis Younghusband Sir Francis Younghusband || Britons British || 19th century 19th/20th century 20th || central Asia |- |}

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name !! Nationality !! Century !! Main area/s explored |- | João Gonçalves Zarco .html">Portuguese people Portuguese || 15th century 15th || Madeira Islands |- | Zhang Qian .html">Chinese people Chinese || 2nd century BCE 2nd BCE || central Asia |- | Zheng He .html">14th century 14th/15th century 15th || south Asia south and southeast Asia, the Middle East, east coast of Eastern Africa Africa |- |}

See also
* Astronaut (Cosmonaut) ** International Space Station * Conquistador * Explorations * List of maritime explorers * Travel literature Category:Lists of people by occupation Explorers Category:Exploration Category:Explorers * de:Liste der Entdecker es:Lista de exploradores fr:Liste des explorateurs io:Deskovristo it:Esploratori celebri li:Oontdekkingsreizegers nl:Lijst van ontdekkingsreizigers ja:探検家 pl:Najwięksi odkrywcy sl:Seznam raziskovalcev sv:Lista över upptäcktsresande

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