Explorers_And_Conquistadors
28 entries in the Explorers_And_Conquistadors compendium.
García López de CárdenasFirst European to see the Grand Canyon.Gaspar Corte-RealPortuguese explorer who charted Newfoundland in search of a Northwest Passage.George VancouverRoyal Navy officer who charted the Pacific Northwest coast.Giovanni da Pian del CarpineFranciscan envoy who reached the Mongol Great Khan's court.Giovanni da VerrazzanoFlorentine explorer who mapped North America's Atlantic coast for France.Gonzalo PizarroSpanish conquistador who led a mutiny and was executed.Hanno the NavigatorCarthaginian explorer of the fifth century BC West African coast.Heinrich BarthGerman explorer who meticulously documented African cultures and history.Henry Morton StanleyWelsh-American explorer who found Livingstone and opened the Congo.Hernando PizarroSpanish conquistador and the only Pizarro brother to survive Peru.Hernando de SotoSpanish explorer who crossed the Mississippi River.HimilcoCarthaginian explorer of northwestern European coasts.Humphrey GilbertEnglish adventurer and pioneer of North American colonization.Ingólfr ArnarsonFirst Norse settler of Iceland, traditionally settled Reykjavík in 874.Jacob RoggeveenDutch explorer who discovered Easter Island on Easter Sunday.Jacques CartierFrench explorer who mapped the St. Lawrence and named Canada.Jacques MarquetteFrench Jesuit missionary and explorer of the Mississippi River.Jean-François de Galaup, comte de LapérouseFrench naval officer who led a doomed scientific voyage around the world.Jean RibaultFrench Huguenot navigator who founded colonies in Florida.Jeanne BaretFirst woman to circumnavigate the globe, disguised as a man.Jim BridgerMountain man, scout, and guide who mapped the Rocky Mountains from memory.John C. FrémontExplorer, politician, and first Republican presidential nominee.John CabotItalian navigator who led the first English-sponsored voyage to North America.John Davis (explorer)English explorer who sought the Northwest Passage and discovered the Falkland Islands.John FranklinBritish Arctic explorer who died on his final Northwest Passage expedition.John Hanning SpekeEnglish explorer who first reached Lake Victoria.John Lloyd StephensExplorer, writer, and diplomat who rediscovered Maya civilization.John Smith (explorer)English soldier and explorer who helped establish Jamestown.
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