Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

male, deceased (1859)
(September 14, 1769, Berlin – May 6, 1859, Berlin) was a Prussian naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ph...
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen

Victor Wolfgang von Hagen

male, deceased (1985)
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (February 29, 1908 - March 8, 1985) was a US-American explorer, archaeological historian, anthropologist and travel...
Francisco de Orellana

Francisco de Orellana

male, deceased (1549)
Francisco de Orellana (c. 1500 - c. 1549) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Orellana took part in the Spanish conquest of Peru with...
Francisco Moreno

Francisco Moreno

male, deceased (1919)
Francisco Pascacio Moreno was an Argentine explorer, born in Buenos Aires. He is usually referred to as "el Perito Moreno" ("perito" means...
Jacob Le Maire

Jacob Le Maire

male, deceased (1616)
Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 - December 22 1616) was a Dutch mariner, born in Antwerp, who circumnavigated the earth in 1615-16. He discovered the...

Francisco de Hoces

male, deceased (1526)
Francisco de Hoces was a Spanish sailor who in 1525 joined the Loaísa Expedition to the Spice Islands as commander of the vessel "San Lesmes". On J...
Pedro Teixeira

Pedro Teixeira

male, deceased (1640)
Pedro Teixeira was a portuguese explorer commissioned by the governor of Maranhão to explore the Amazon in 1637. In 1638, he became the first e...
Pedro Álvares Cabral

Pedro Álvares Cabral

male, deceased (1520)
Pedro Álvares Cabral, pron. in Portuguese pronunciation, in Brazilian pronunciation, was a Portuguese navigator and explorer, generally regarded a...
Johan Reinhard

Johan Reinhard

male, 66 years old
Dr. Johan Reinhard is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at The Mountain Institute,...
Tibor Sekelj

Tibor Sekelj

male, deceased (1988)
Tibor Sekelj (born 14 February, 1912 in Spišská Sobota, Poprad, present-day Slovakia; died 23 September, 1988 in Subotica, present day Serbia) wa...