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This biography is about Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Antarctic explorer.

Christopher ‘Kit’ Carson (1809-1868) was an American explorer, guide, fur trapper, Indian agent, rancher, and soldier.

Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer/navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America.

Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix (Oct. 29, 1682 - Feb. 1, 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, explorer, and writer.

Read about the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his various voyages from Europe to the Americas.

James Cook (1728-1779) was a British explorer and astronomer who went on many expeditions around the world.

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510-1554) was a Spanish ruler, explorer, and conquistador.

Juan Ponce de Leon (1460?-1521) was a Spanish explorer and soldier who was the first European to set foot in Florida.

Hernando De Soto (1500?-1542) was a Spanish explorer and the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern US.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527.

Sir Francis Drake (1545-1596) was a British explorer, slave-trader, Admiral, and a privateer.

Gil Eannes (15th century) was a Portuguese explorer who was the first person to sail beyond the dreaded Cape Bojador.

Eric the Red (950?-1003 or 1004?) was a Viking explorer who was the first European in Greenland.

Estevanico was a Muslim slave from northern Africa who was one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States.

Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English explorer, naval officer, and navigator who circumnavigated Australia.

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) was an English explorer and Admiral who proved the existence of a Northwest Passage.

Sir Martin Frobisher (1535?-1594) was an English privateer, navigator, explorer, and naval officer.

Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin (1934 - 1968) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the first human in space.