Individuals responsible for notable and significant efforts to search for geographical information.
Subcategories 42
- Amundsen, Roald
- Boone, Daniel
- Byrd, Richard
- Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez
- Cabot, John
- Cartier, Jacques
- Champlain, Samuel de
- Columbus, Christopher
- Cook, James
- Coronado, Francisco Vázquez de
- Cortés, Hernán
- Da Gama, Vasco
- De Soto, Hernando
- Drake, Sir Francis
- Ericson, Leif
- Frémont, John Charles
- Henry the Navigator
- Henson, Matthew
- Heyerdahl, Thor
- Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Hudson, Henry
- Ibn Batuta
Related categories 2
Sites 11
- The Barren Lands Digital Collection Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay.
- The Pre-British Explorers of Australia Short expedition biographies of a few British, Dutch and French explorers, with historic maps.
- Virtual Exploration Society Information, pictures, biographies of a handful of explorers through time.
- Count Matus Moric Benovsky Biographical article on the Hungarian explorer (1746-1786), who journeyed to the Northern Pacific and became Emperor of Madagascar.
- The Franklin Trail Archaeological survey of evidence and artifacts relating to the final days of the Franklin expedition.
- The Great Web of Percy Harrison Fawcett Information about the British explorer's Brazilian expedition.
- List of Explorers Index to Wikipedia articles on world explorers.
- Discovering the Lost Legacy of Jedediah Smith Presents a biography, chronology, image gallery, and map gallery.
- Pedro Álvares Cabral Brief biographical article.
- Captain Christopher Newport Admiral of Virginia and founder of Jamestown. Includes images.
- Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland An account of the last voyage, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, 1583.