Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

male, deceased (1506)
Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, 1451 - May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures...
John Lloyd Stephens

John Lloyd Stephens

male, deceased (1852)
John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805-October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens was a pivotal figure in the...
Frederick Catherwood

Frederick Catherwood

male, deceased (1854)
Frederick Catherwood was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his explorations of ruins of the Maya civilization. Perhaps his...

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

male, deceased (1519)
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He travelled to the New World in 1500 and after some explorations se...
Teoberto Maler

Teoberto Maler

male, deceased (1917)
Teoberto Maler or Teobert Maler (12 January 1842 - 22 November 1917) was an explorer who devoted his energies to documenting the ruins of the Maya...
Thomas Gann

Thomas Gann

male, deceased (1938)
Thomas William Francis Gann (13 May, 1867-24 February, 1938) was a medical doctor by profession, but is best remembered for his work as an amateur...
Edward Herbert Thompson

Edward Herbert Thompson

male, deceased (1935)
Edward Herbert Thompson (28 September, 1857 - 11 May, 1935) was a United States born archaeologist and diplomat. Edward H. Thompson was born in...
Abraham Blauvelt

Abraham Blauvelt

male, deceased (1663)
Abraham Blauvelt (16??-1663?) was a Dutch privateer and explorer mapping much of Central America in the 1630s, after whom both the Bluefield River...
Juan de la Cosa

Juan de la Cosa

male, deceased (1510)
Juan de la Cosa, was a Spanish cartographer, conquistador and explorer. He made the earliest extant European world map to incorporate the...
Diego Alvarez Chanca

Diego Alvarez Chanca

male
Diego Alvarez Chanca (b. and d. unknown) was a physician and companion of Christopher Columbus. Chanca was a physician-in-ordinary to Ferdinand and...