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A Spanish conquistador known for his exploration of the Mississippi River area 1495-1542
A Soviet pilot famously known for being the first man to fly in outer space 1934-1968
A Moroccan scholar known for traveling throughout much of the Islamic world during Medieval times 1304-1369
An English sea explorer known for exploration and naming of several parts of Canada and the United States 1565-1611
An English sailor who successfully completed a full circumnavigation of the world 1540-1596
An American explorer who claimed to be the first to reach the geographic North Pole 1856-1920
A British explorer who recorded the first European contact with the Hawaiian Islands 1728-1779
A Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope 1450-1500
A Scottish explorer who explored and documented much of the African Great Rift Valley 1813-1873
An Icelandic explorer who was the first European to discover continental North America c. 970-c. 1020
A Nepalese mountaineer who was one of the first two climbers to reach the peak of Mount Everest 1914-1986
A Norwegian explorer who led a team to discover the South Pole 1872-1928
A Portuguese explorer known as the first European to reach India by sea 1460-1524
A Breton explorer who documented and claimed the Saint Lawrence river and surrounding area 1491-1557
A Norwegian Viking who founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland c. 950-c. 1003
A Prussian statesman and chancellor of Germany who is the namesake of several cities in the United States 1815-1898
An Italian navigator who famously 'sailed the ocean blue' to explore much of the West Indies 1451-1506
An American explorer who co-led the Corps of Discovery with his partner William 1774-1809
A Venetian explorer famous for his travels in Asia 1254-1324
A Portuguese explorer who discovered the Strait of Magellan and led to the first circumnavigation of the globe 1480-1521
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