Notable Explorers: Christopher Columbus Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, duca degli, Italian explorer and mountain climber Acuña, Cristóbal de, Spanish Jesuit missionary and explorer in South America Alarcón, Hernando de, Spanish explorer in the Southwest Amundsen, Roald, Norwegian polar explorer Andersson, Karl Johan, Swedish explorer in Africa Anza, Juan Bautista de, Spanish explorer and official in the Southwest and the far West Baffin, William, British arctic explorer Baker, Sir Samuel White, English explorer in Africa Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean Barentz, Willem, Dutch navigator Barrow, Sir John, British geographer, promoter of arctic exploration Barth, Heinrich, German explorer in British service Bartlett, Robert Abram, American arctic explorer Beechey, Frederick William, British admiral and Arctic explorer Beke, Charles Tilstone, English explorer and author/dd> Bent, Charles, American frontiersman Bering, Vitus Jonassen, Danish explorer in Russian employ Block, Adriaen, Dutch navigator Bougainville, Louis Antoine de, French navigator Boyd, Louise Arner, American arctic explorer Bruce, James, Scottish explorer in Africa Bruce, William Speirs, Scottish explorer and authority on the polar regions Brulé, Étienne, English sea captain and antarctic explorer Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig or John Lewis, European explorer Burton, Sir Richard Francis, English explorer Byrd, Richard Evelyn, American aviator and polar explorer Cárdenas, García López de, Spanish explorer in the Southwest. Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez, Spanish explorer Cabot, John, English explorer Cabot, Sebastian, explorer in English and Spanish service Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California Caillié, René, French explorer in Africa Cameron, Verney Lovett, English traveler in Africa Cano, Juan Sebastián del, Spanish navigator Cartier, Jacques, French navigator Carver, Jonathan, American explorer Chaillé-Long, Charles, American soldier, African explorer, and writer Champlain, Samuel de, French explorer, the chief founder of New France Chesney, Francis Rawdon, British soldier and explorer in Asia Clapperton, Hugh, British explorer Clark, William, American explorer Columbus, Christopher, European explorer Cook, Frederick Albert, American explorer and physician Cook, James, English explorer and navigator Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, Spanish explorer Cortés, Hernán, Spanish conquistador da Gama, Vasco, Portuguese navigator Dampier, William, English explorer David, T.W.E., English navigator De Long, George Washington, American arctic explorer De Soto, Hernando, Spanish explorer Dias, Bartolomeu, Portuguese navigator Drake, Sir Francis, English navigator and admiral Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni, French-American explorer in Africa Duluth, Daniel Greysolon, sieur, French explorer in Canada Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César, French navigator Ellsworth, Lincoln, American explorer Emin Pasha, German explorer Entrecasteaux, Joseph Antoine Bruni d', French navigator Eric the Red, Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland Frémont, John Charles, American explorer, soldier, and political leader Franklin, Sir John, British explorer Garnier, Marie Joseph François, French explorer and naval officer Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, English soldier Gosnold, Bartholomew, English explorer and colonizer Gray, Robert, American sea captain, discoverer of the Columbia River Greely, Adolphus Washington, American army officer and arctic explorer Hall, Charles Francis, American arctic explorer He, Zheng, explorer Hedin, Sven Anders, Swedish explorer in central Asia Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, patron of exploration Henson, Matthew Alexander, African-American arctic explorer Heyerdahl, Thor, Norwegian explorer and anthropologist Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival, New Zealand mountain climber and explorer. Hudson, Henry, English navigator and explorer Humboldt, Alexander, Freiherr von, German naturalist and explorer Ibn Batuta, Muslim traveler Johnson, Martin Elmer, American explorer and author Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton, British explorer and colonial official Jolliet, Louis, French explorer Kane, Elisha Kent, American physician and arctic explorer Kotzebue, Otto von, Russian naval officer and explorer; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, French explorer in North America Leif Ericsson, Norse discoverer of America Leo Africanus, Moorish traveler in Africa and the Middle East. Lewis, Meriwether, American explorer Livingstone, David, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa Long, Stephen Harriman, American explorer Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, Canadian fur trader and explorer