#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Christopher Columbus Sailed from Spain across the Atlantic in 1492 and reached the Caribbean fun-famous-explorers Ferdinand Magellan Led the first voyage around the world (1519-1522); he died on the way fun-famous-explorers Marco Polo Venetian merchant who traveled to China in the 1200s fun-famous-explorers Leif Erikson Viking who reached North America about 1000 CE fun-famous-explorers Vasco da Gama Sailed from Portugal around Africa to India (1498) fun-famous-explorers Zheng He Chinese admiral who led huge treasure fleets in the early 1400s fun-famous-explorers Ibn Battuta Moroccan traveler who journeyed across much of the known world in the 1300s fun-famous-explorers James Cook British captain who mapped the Pacific in the 1700s fun-famous-explorers Lewis and Clark Led an expedition across the western United States (1804-1806) fun-famous-explorers Sacagawea Shoshone woman who guided and helped the Lewis and Clark expedition fun-famous-explorers Roald Amundsen Led the first team to reach the South Pole (1911) fun-famous-explorers Robert Falcon Scott British explorer who reached the South Pole in 1912, just after Amundsen fun-famous-explorers Ernest Shackleton Led a famous Antarctic expedition where his whole crew survived fun-famous-explorers Edmund Hillary With Tenzing Norgay, first to climb Mount Everest (1953) fun-famous-explorers Tenzing Norgay Sherpa who summited Everest with Hillary fun-famous-explorers Neil Armstrong First person on the Moon (1969) fun-famous-explorers Yuri Gagarin First person in space (1961) fun-famous-explorers Amelia Earhart First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (1932) fun-famous-explorers Charles Lindbergh First solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic (1927) fun-famous-explorers Henry Hudson Explored the river and bay in North America named for him fun-famous-explorers Jacques Cartier French explorer of the St. Lawrence River (1530s) fun-famous-explorers Samuel de Champlain Explored and founded Quebec (1608) fun-famous-explorers Hernan Cortes Spanish conquistador who invaded the Aztec Empire (1519) fun-famous-explorers Francisco Pizarro Spanish conquistador who invaded the Inca Empire fun-famous-explorers Juan Ponce de Leon Spanish explorer who reached Florida (1513) fun-famous-explorers Hernando de Soto Spanish explorer in the American Southeast fun-famous-explorers Francisco Coronado Spanish explorer in the American Southwest fun-famous-explorers Amerigo Vespucci Italian explorer whose first name was used for America fun-famous-explorers Bartolomeu Dias First European sailor to round the southern tip of Africa (1488) fun-famous-explorers Prince Henry the Navigator Portuguese prince who backed ocean exploration fun-famous-explorers John Cabot Italian explorer who reached North America in 1497 for England fun-famous-explorers Sir Francis Drake English sea captain who sailed around the world (1577-1580) fun-famous-explorers Abel Tasman Dutch explorer who found Tasmania and New Zealand (1642) fun-famous-explorers David Livingstone Scottish explorer of Africa in the 1800s fun-famous-explorers Mungo Park Scottish explorer of the Niger River fun-famous-explorers Matthew Henson African American explorer who reached the North Pole area with Peary (1909) fun-famous-explorers Robert Peary American explorer who led the 1909 Arctic expedition fun-famous-explorers Jacques Cousteau French ocean explorer and filmmaker fun-famous-explorers Daniel Boone American frontiersman who helped open Kentucky fun-famous-explorers Zebulon Pike American explorer in the Rocky Mountains; Pikes Peak is named for him fun-famous-explorers John Wesley Powell Led a river trip through the Grand Canyon in 1869 fun-famous-explorers Alexander von Humboldt German scientist-explorer in South America fun-famous-explorers Sally Ride First American woman in space (1983) fun-famous-explorers Alan Shepard First American in space (1961) fun-famous-explorers John Glenn First American to orbit the Earth (1962) fun-famous-explorers Samuel Hearne English explorer of northern Canada fun-famous-explorers Pytheas Greek explorer who sailed to the far north about 325 BCE fun-famous-explorers Erik the Red Viking who founded settlements in Greenland fun-famous-explorers Hanno the Navigator Carthaginian sailor who explored Africa's west coast fun-famous-explorers Jedediah Smith American trapper who explored routes across the West fun-famous-explorers Fridtjof Nansen Norwegian polar explorer fun-famous-explorers Thor Heyerdahl Sailed a raft, the Kon-Tiki, across the Pacific in 1947 fun-famous-explorers Gertrude Bell British traveler and writer in the Middle East fun-famous-explorers Mary Kingsley British traveler who explored West Africa in the 1890s fun-famous-explorers Nellie Bly Journalist who raced around the world in 72 days (1889-1890) fun-famous-explorers Annie Londonderry Cyclist who traveled around the world in 1894-1895 fun-famous-explorers