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Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager/merchant and one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia via China.
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (1921-2016), an astronaut who was the first American to orbit the Earth.
Gil Eannes (15th century) was a Portuguese explorer who was the first person to sail beyond the dreaded Cape Bojador.
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) was an African-American engineer and inventor.
Hernando De Soto (1500?-1542) was a Spanish explorer and the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern US.
Sebastian Cabot (1474?-1557?) was an explorer, map maker, and navigator of Italian descent.
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535?-1594) was an English privateer, navigator, explorer, and naval officer.
Learn all about Robert Ballard in this biography on the undersea explorer.
Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894) was an African-American inventor and engineer who revolutionized sugar processing.
Read about the inventor Johannes Gutenberg, whose printing press revolutionized the world.
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