Explorers & Conquistadors
19 entries in the Explorers & Conquistadors compendium.
Tristão da CunhaPortuguese explorer who discovered the Tristan da Cunha islands and participated in the caVasco Núñez de BalboaSpanish explorer who first sighted the Pacific Ocean from Panama.Vicente Yáñez PinzónSpanish navigator, captain of the Niña, and Amazon River discoverer.Vitus BeringDanish-born Russian explorer of Asia and North America.Walter RaleighEnglish statesman, soldier, writer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.Wang Dayuan14th-century Chinese traveller who documented early Singapore and Taiwan.Willem BarentszDutch navigator who sought the Northeast passage and explored the Arctic.Willem JanszoonDutch navigator who made first recorded European landfall in Australia.William Adams (samurai)English navigator who became a samurai advisor in Japan.William ClarkExplorer, soldier, and diplomat who mapped the American West.William DampierEnglish explorer, pirate, and naturalist who bridged two eras of exploration.William of RubruckFranciscan friar who traveled to the Mongol Empire and wrote a travel account.Xu FuChinese alchemist who vanished seeking the elixir of life.Zebulon PikeAmerican brigadier general and explorer of the Louisiana Purchase.Zhang QianHan envoy whose journeys opened the Silk Road.Álvar Núñez Cabeza de VacaSpanish explorer, survivor, and chronicler of Native American tribes.Álvaro de Mendaña de NeiraSpanish navigator who led two early Pacific expeditions.Vivian FuchsLed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958.Walter BonattiItalian mountaineer known for solo ascents and K2 controversy.
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