Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

male, deceased (1512)
'Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 -February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He played a senior role in two voyages...
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

male, deceased (1616)
Garcilaso de la Vega was an illustrious Peruvian poet and acclaimed writer on the subject of the Incas. He is more commonly known as "El Inca"...
Rose Of Lima

Rose Of Lima

female, deceased (1617)
Saint Rose of Lima, (20 April, 1586 - 24 August, 1617), the first Catholic saint of The Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.
Gavin Menzies

Gavin Menzies

male, 72 years old
Gavin Menzies (b. 1937) is a retired submarine commander and the author of the controversial book "1421: The Year China Discovered the World" which...

John Clarke

male, deceased (1676)
John Clarke (8 October, 1609- 20 April, 1676) was a medical doctor, Baptist minister, co-founder of the colony of Rhode Island and author of its...

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...
Piri Reis

Piri Reis

male, deceased (1554)
Piri Reis (full name Hadji Muhiddin Piri Ibn Hadji Mehmed was an Ottoman-Turkish admiral and cartographer born between 1465 and 1470 in Gallipoli...
Alfonsina Storni

Alfonsina Storni

female, deceased (1938)
Alfonsina Storni was one of the most important Ibero-American poet of the postmodernism movement.

Francis George

male
K Francis George is a Member of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha), representing the Idukki constituency of Kerala. He was Leader of the Kerala...
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...