List of explorers

Voortrekkers List of first ascents William Adams (sailor) Afonso de Albuquerque Francisco de Almeida Gonzalo de Alvarado Pedro de Alvarado William Anderson (naval officer) Henryk Arctowski Alonso de Arellano Peter Aufschnaiter Juan de Ayala Diogo de Azambuja George Back Karl Ernst von Baer William Baffin Jacques Balmat Heinrich Barth George Bass Henry Walter Bates Nicolas Baudin Oscar Baumann William Beebe Charles Tilstone Beke Edward Belcher Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Giovanni Battista Belzoni Louis-Gustave Binger Hiram Bingham III John Biscoe Gregory Blaxland William Bligh Henry Robertson Bowers Edward Bransfield Jim Bridger James Bruce Thomas Brunner Thomas Button Richard E. Byrd John Byron John Cabot Pêro Vaz de Caminha Howard Carter Philip Carteret Jacques Cartier Jonathan Carver Roger Casement Gabriel de Castilla Thomas Cavendish Adelbert von Chamisso Jean-Baptiste Charcot Apsley Cherry-Garrard Carl Chun George Catlin George Rogers Clark William Clark (explorer) Charles Clerke John Colter Frederick Cook Gaspar Corte-Real Jean Cousin (navigator) Tom Crean (explorer) Eduard Dallmann William Dampier John Davis (English explorer) Edgeworth David Edwin De Haven Dixon Denham George Dixon (Royal Navy officer) Dinis Dias Diogo Dias Melchor Díaz Kai Donner David Douglas Francis Drake Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars Henri Duveyrier Gil Eanes Isabelle Eberhardt Hugo Eckener Lincoln Ellsworth Estevanico Eudoxus of Cyzicus John Evans (explorer) George Everest Edward John Eyre Edmund Fanning Henri Farman Ernest Favenc Nikolaus Federmann Wilhelm Filchner Gustav Fischer Robert FitzRoy Mayhew Folger Henry Ogg Forbes Alexander Forrest John Forrest Georg Forster Johann Reinhold Forster Henry Foster (scientist) Charles de Foucauld John Franklin Simon Fraser (explorer) Martin Frobisher Vivian Fuchs Alfons Gabriel Juan Galindo Paulo da Gama Vasco da Gama Thomas Gann Francis Garnier Romolo Gessi Humphrey Gilbert Alfred Gibson Ernest Giles Charles Jasper Glidden Johann Georg Gmelin John Gore (Royal Navy captain) John Gould Alfred Grandidier James Augustus Grant Rudolf Grauer Adolphus Greely John Walter Gregory George Grenfell Juan de Grijalva Florence Crauford Grove Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Charles Francis Hall Hanno the Navigator Hannu Edward Hargraves Heinrich Harrer Isaac Israel Hayes George W. Hayward Charles Heaphy Samuel Hearne Henry the Navigator Louis Hennepin Wally Herbert Herodotus Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg Thor Heyerdahl Edmund Hillary Himilco Charles Hoadley Francisco de Hoces Alonso de Ojeda Emil Holub Friedrich Hornemann Frederick de Houtman Évariste Régis Huc Henry Hudson Alexander von Humboldt Hamilton Hume Thomas Joseph Hutchinson Philipp von Hutten Ahmad ibn Rustah Joseph Ingraham Helge Ingstad Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) Roberto Ivens Frederick George Jackson Thomas James (sea captain) Yermak Timofeyevich Richard Jobson (explorer) Hjalmar Johansen Louis Jolliet Richard Kandt Elisha Kane August Kappler William Keeling Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel Edmund Kennedy William Kennedy (explorer) Robert Knox (sailor) Johann Ludwig Krapf Adam Johann von Krusenstern Alexander Gordon Laing James Lancaster John Lander (explorer) Dmitry Laptev Albert von Le Coq Carl Friedrich von Ledebour John Ledyard Guillaume Lejean Gaspar de Lemos Oskar Lenz Dragutin Lerman Theodor Lerner Meriwether Lewis Yuri Lisyansky David Livingstone Ivan Lyakhov Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) Thomas Mackenzie Halford Mackinder Madoc Jacques Mahu Teoberto Maler George Mallory Lancelotto Malocello Heinrich von Maltzan, Baron zu Wartenburg und Penzlin Mamiya Rinzō Jean-Baptiste Marchand Clements Markham Ernst Marno Jacques Marquette Pellegrino Matteucci Douglas Mawson John Meares Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow Jorge de Menezes Archibald Menzies Xavier Mertz Alfred Merz Thomas Mitchell (explorer) Francisco de Montejo John Moresby Curt von Morgen Henri Mouhot John Muir Jens Munk Gustav Nachtigal Fridtjof Nansen George Nares Johann Natterer Jean Nicolet Diego de Nicuesa Carsten Niebuhr Johan Nieuhof Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis Marcos de Niza Umberto Nobile António de Noli Olivier van Noort Peter Skene Ogden Adam Olearius Francisco de Orellana Adolf Overweg John Oxley Michel-Gabriel Paccard John Palliser Mungo Park (explorer) William Parry (explorer) Juan Bautista Pastene Julius von Payer Robert Peary Eduard Pechuël-Loesche Paul Pelliot Duarte Pacheco Pereira Bartolomeu Perestrello Yakov Permyakov Carl Peters Ida Laura Pfeiffer Auguste Piccard Bertrand Piccard Jacques Piccard Antonio Pigafetta Francisco Pizarro Gonzalo Pizarro Hernando Pizarro Juan Pizarro (conquistador) Demid Pyanda Eduard Friedrich Poeppig Paul Pogge Marco Polo Dirck Gerritsz Pomp Peter Pond Hans Pothorst John Wesley Powell Nathaniel Hale Pryor Ludwig Purtscheller John Rae (explorer) Johannes Rebmann Paul Reichard Piri Reis Piri Reis map Andreas Reischek Nikolai Rezanov Matteo Ricci James Richardson (explorer of the Sahara) John Richardson (naturalist) Alfred Ritscher Joseph Rock Diogo Rodrigues Robert Rogers (soldier) Jacob Roggeveen Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs Kermit Roosevelt Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón Juan de Salcedo Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa Hermann Schlagintweit Otto Schmidt Emin Pasha Yuly Shokalsky Hans Schomburgk Moritz Richard Schomburgk Robert Hermann Schomburgk Willem Schouten Leopold von Schrenck Georg August Schweinfurth John Scolvus William Scoresby Alexandre de Serpa Pinto Eric Shipton Diogo de Silves Nain Singh Rawat Scylax of Caryanda Rudolf Carl von Slatin Joshua Slocum Benjamin Leigh Smith Jedediah Smith William Smith (mariner) Hernando de Soto Martim Afonso de Sousa John Lloyd Stephens Ferdinand Stoliczka John McDouall Stuart Charles Sturt Otto Sverdrup Hans Tappenbeck Jean-Baptiste Tavernier Sámuel Teleki Charles Wyville Thomson Joseph Thomson (explorer) Pedro Teixeira Bernardo de la Torre Aleksei Chirikov Johann Jakob von Tschudi Francisco de Ulloa Nikolay Urvantsev Georgy Ushakov Pedro de Valdivia George Vancouver Ludovico di Varthema Giovanni da Verrazzano Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon Eduard Vogel Moritz Wagner Samuel Wallis Langdon Warner James Weddell Friedrich Welwitsch Karl Weyprecht Edward Whymper Frank Wild Charles Wilkes Hugh Willoughby William John Wills Edward Adrian Wilson Frank Worsley Nicolaes Witsen Francis Younghusband John Augustine Zahm Eugen Zintgraff Heinrich Zollinger Matthias Zurbriggen
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