Marco Polo

Marco Polo

male, deceased (1324)
silk road, explorer, Cathay, Adventurer, Exploration, Italian…Explorer of Asia
Marco Polo (September 15 1254 - January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325) was a Venetian trader and explorer who gained fame for his...
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

male, deceased (1506)
new world, Italian, from Genoa, colonialist, cristoforo colombo, Pinta…15th-century explorer, Maritime explorer, Explorer of Central America, explorer
Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, 1451 - May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures...
Benedict Allen

Benedict Allen

male, 49 years old
Benedict Colin Allen, Lyme Regis, indigenous peoples, Alumni of the University of East Anglia, Modus Operandi, Documentary film…explorer
Benedict Colin Allen is a British explorer. He is best known for his survival "modus operandi": tapping into local, indigenous knowledge above...
James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
explorer, From Middlesbrough, Explorer of Australia, Royal Navy, endeavour, MeRchAnT NavY…Explorer of the Pacific, Explorer of British Columbia, Explorer of Canada
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

male, deceased (1919)
rough rider, Progressive Movement, Trust Buster, President of the United States, U.S. NAVY, progressivism…explorer
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also known as T.R. and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the...
Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary

male, deceased (2008) (New Zealand)
Summiter of Mount Everest, KBE, Mountain climber, mountaineer, mount everest, explorer…Explorer of Antarctica
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing...
Francis Drake

Francis Drake

male, deceased (1596)
pirate, civil engineer, ducats, Philip II, buried at sea, Royal Navy admiral…16th-century explorer, explorer, Explorer of the Pacific
Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 - January 27 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, slave trader, politician and civil engineer of...
Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain

male, deceased (1635)
Geographer, French, Explorer of Canada, Governor of New France, Fur trade, explorer
Samuel de Champlain , the "father of New France," was born between 1567 and 1570 in the town of Brouage, a seaport on France's west coast and died...
Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama

male, deceased (1524)
Count of Vidigueira, dom, Portuguese, Age of Discovery, Portuguese explorer, kochi…explorer, Explorer of Africa, Explorer of Asia
Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ((Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca. either 1460 or 1469 - December 24, 1524 in Kochi, India)...
Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier

male, deceased (1557)
French, Explorer of Canada, navigator, explorer, Saint Lawrence River, from Bretagne
Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491 - September 1 1557) was a French navigator who first explored and described the Gulf of St-Lawrence and the...