The Explorers
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Alexander the Great
Macedonia
356 BCE - 323 BCE
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Roald Amundsen
Norway
1872 CE - 1928 CE
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Arab Exploration
Arabian Peninsula
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Vasco Nunes de Balboa
Spain
1475 CE - 1519 CE
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William Barents
"William Barentsz" The Netherlands 1550 CE - 1597 CE - Ibn Battutah Morocco 1304 CE - 1368 CE
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Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen
Russia
1778 CE - 1852 CE
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Vitus Bering
Russia
1681 CE - 1741 CE
- St. Brendan the Voyager Ireland 484 CE - 577 CE
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Giovanni Caboto
"John Cabot" England 1455 CE - 1498 CE -
Sebastano Caboto
"Sebastian Cabot" England and Spain 1474 CE - 1577 CE - Pedro Alvares Cabral Portugal 1467 CE - 1520 CE
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Spain
1498 CE - 1543 CE
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Jacques Cartier
France
1491 CE - 1557 CE
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Rene Robert Cavalier
"Sieur de LaSalle" France 1643 CE - 1687 CE - Samuel de Champlain France 1567 CE - 1635 CE
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Chinese Exploration
China
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William Clark
"of "Lewis and Clark"" United States 1770 CE - 1838 CE -
Christopher Columbus
Spain
1451 CE - 1506 CE
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James Cook
England
1728 CE - 1779 CE
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Spain
1510 CE - 1554 CE
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Hernando Cortes
Spain
1485 CE - 1547 CE
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Bartolomeu Dias
Portugal
1450 CE - 1500 CE
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Sir Francis Drake
England
1540 CE - 1596 CE
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Leif Ericsson
Greenland/Norway
982 CE - 1025 CE
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Sir John Franklin
England
1786 CE - 1847 CE
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Martin Frobisher
England
1535 CE - 1594 CE
- Xu Fu China Born in 200 BCE
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Vasco da Gama
Portugal
1460 CE - 1524 CE
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert
England
1539 CE - 1583 CE
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Hanno
"Annone" Born in 480 BCE -
Hannu
"Hennu" Egypt -
Zheng He
"Cheng Ho" China 1371 CE - 1433 CE -
Prince Henry the Navigator
Portugal
1394 CE - 1460 CE
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Matthew Henson
United States
1866 CE - 1955 CE
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Himilco
"Imilcone" 580 BCE - 420 BCE -
Henry Hudson
England/Neatherlands
1575 CE - 1611 CE
- Louis Joliet France 1645 CE - 1700 CE
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Juan Ponce de Leon
1474 CE - 1521 CE
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Meriwether Lewis
"of "Lewis and Clark"" United States 1774 CE - 1809 CE -
Ferdinand Magellan
Spain
1480 CE - 1521 CE
- Pere Jacques Marquette France 1636 CE - 1675 CE
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Fridtjof Nansen
Norway
1861 CE - 1930 CE
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Pánfilo de Narváez
Spain
1470 CE - 1528 CE
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Nearchus
"Nearchos" Macedonia -
Christopher Newport
England
1561 CE - 1617 CE
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Sir William Edward Parry
England
1790 CE - 1855 CE
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Robert Peary
United States
1856 CE - 1920 CE
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Jean-Francois de Galaup de La Perouse
France
1741 CE - 1788 CE
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Phoenician Exploration
- Alonso Álvarez de Pineda Spain Died in 1520 CE
- Francisco Pizarro Spain 1475 CE - 1541 CE
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Marco Polo
"Venice" 1254 CE - 1324 CE - Pytheas the Greek 380 BCE - 310 BCE
- Queen Hatshepsut Egypt 1504 BCE - 1468 BCE
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Sir Walter Raleigh
England
1552 CE - 1618 CE
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James Clark Ross
England
1800 CE - 1862 CE
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Sir Robert Scott
England
1868 CE - 1912 CE
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
England
1874 CE - 1922 CE
- Pharoah Snefru Egypt Died in 2589 BCE
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Hernando de Soto
Spain
1501 CE - 1542 CE
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Stephen the Moor
"Little Steven" Spain 1503 CE - 1539 CE - Sylax of Caryanda
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Abel Janszoon Tasman
Netherlands
1603 CE - 1659 CE
- Gudridur Thorbjarnardottle Iceland
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Eric Thorvaldson
"Eric the Red" Iceland/ Norway 950 CE - 1003 CE -
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Spain
1490 CE - 1556 CE
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Giovanni da Verrazzano
France
1481 CE - 1528 CE
- Amerigo Vespucci Spain and Portugal 1451 CE - 1512 CE
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James Weddell
England
1787 CE - 1834 CE
- Hugh Willoughby England Died in 1554 CE
