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| Norwegian who was the first to navigate the Norwest and Northeast Passages; he was the first to reach the South Pole; he was the reach both poles |
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| Spaniard who discoverd the eastern Pacific Ocean |
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| Danish navigator in the Russian Navy who discovered Alaska; Bering Sea was named after him; he died from scurvy |
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| South American revolutionary; known as the great liberator |
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| American associated with the Wilderness road and the exploration of Kentucky; founded Boonesborough |
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| American who discovered the Great Salt Lake |
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| First to fly over the North Pole; he established the "Little American Settlement" in Antarctica; he lived in Antarctica by himself for over one year |
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| Native of Italy who explored the New World for Great Britain; his explorations gave England claims to the new world |
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| Portuguese explorer who established claims in the New World for Portugal |
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| Portuguese explorer who replaced Magellan upon his death |
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| French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River; he was the first French explorer in the New World |
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| French explorer who discovered Lake Champlain, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario |
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| Italian commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain; ships included the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Marie; he made four voyages to the New World; he gave the name "Indians" to the natives of North America |
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| British explorer who traveled to Hawaii (the Sandwich Islands), Botany Bay (Australia); he died in Hawaii; his ship was called "The Endeavor" |
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| Spaniard who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola; he discovered the Grand Canyon; he explored Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona |
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| Spaniard who conquered Montezuma and the Aztec Empire in Mexico |
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| Portuguese explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached India in 1498 |
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| Spaniard who discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth |
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| Spaniard who discovered the Mississippi River |
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| British explorer who became the second person to lead a circumnavigation of the Earth; his ship was called the Golden Hind; he was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth; he was the hero in the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 |
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| Viking who established the first settlement on Greenland |
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| Viking who traveled to Greenland; he explored the Atlantic Coast from Nova Scotia to Rhode Island; he was the first European to land in America; he was the son of Eric the Red |
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| Portuguese prince who sponsored many explorations during the 1400s |
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| Norwegian modern-day explorer who used the following boats: Kon-Tiki, Ra, and Aku-aku; he sailed across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in these primitive boats |
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| British explorer who discovered Hudson bay and the Hudson River; his ship was called the Half Moon; his men set him adrift after a mutiny |
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| French explorers who were the first Frenchmen to reach the Mississippi river (around present-day Illinois) |
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| Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette |
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| Frenchmen who found the mouth of the Mississippi River; he established the French claims to Louisiana |
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| American explorers commissioned by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory; they were the first to explore Yellowstone Park; they left from St. Louis; they were accompanied by a Shoshone guide named Sacajawea |
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| Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
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| Portuguese explorer who was the first to lead a circumnavigation of the world; his ship was called the Victoria; he claimed the Philippines for Spain; he died in the Philippines; he named to galaxies that could only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere |
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| American explorer who along with Matthew Henson is credited with discovering the North Pole |
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| American who explored Colorado; he has a mountain named after him |
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| Spaniard who conquered the Incan Civilization in Peru |
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| Italian who left his home in Venice, Italy, for China; he spent time in the court of Kubla Khan |
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| American who traveled the length of the Grand Canyon despite having only one arm |
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| British explorer who led the second expedition to reach the South Pole; he and his men died upon their return |
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| British explorers of Africa; one discovered Victoria Falls; they met at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika |
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| Henry Stanly and David Livingstone |
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| First person to explore the Columbia River |
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| Italial who discovered New York and Narrangansett bays; he commanded the first French vessel to explore the New World |
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| Italian Navigator who claimed to discover the New World before Columbus; our continent was named after him |
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