Explorers & Navigators
25 entries in the Explorers & Navigators compendium.
Adam Johann von KrusensternRussian admiral who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.Adolf Erik NordenskiöldFinland-Swedish explorer who first navigated the Northeast Passage.Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)Scottish explorer who first crossed North America north of Mexico.Alonso de OjedaSpanish explorer who named Venezuela and led early American expeditions.Amy JohnsonPioneering English pilot and first woman to fly solo to Australia.Andrés de UrdanetaExplorer who charted the Manila galleon route and became an Augustinian friar.Antonio PigafettaVenetian chronicler of Magellan's circumnavigation.Antonio de UlloaSpanish naval officer, scientist, and colonial administrator of the Enlightenment.Apsley Cherry-GarrardEnglish Antarctic explorer and author of The Worst Journey in the World.Bartholomew GosnoldEnglish barrister, explorer, and privateer who helped found Jamestown.Bartolomeu DiasPortuguese explorer who first rounded Africa's southern tip.Benjamin of TudelaTwelfth-century Jewish traveler who documented Jewish communities across three continents.Bertrand PiccardSwiss explorer, psychiatrist, and environmentalist; first to circle globe by balloon and sBjarni HerjólfssonFirst European known to sight the American mainland.Charles Kingsford SmithAustralian aviation pioneer who made the first transpacific flight.Charles LindberghAviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic.Daniel BooneAmerican pioneer and frontiersman who explored and settled Kentucky.Charles DukeApollo 16 Lunar Module pilot; youngest Moon walker.Chris HadfieldFirst Canadian to walk in space and command the ISS.Alfred WordenApollo 15 command module pilot; orbited the Moon 74 times.Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)British mountaineer who vanished on Everest with George Mallory.Benjamin BonnevilleAmerican officer and explorer who blazed parts of the Oregon Trail.BennelongSenior Eora man who bridged two worlds.BungareeFirst Australian-born circumnavigator of the continent and cross-cultural mediator.Catherine DestivelleFrench climber who pioneered female sport and alpine climbing.
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