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Father Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645 - 1711) was a Jesuit priest, missionary, explorer, map-maker, and astronomer.

Charles Marie de la Condamine was sent to Ecuador in 1735 to measure the Earth at the equator.

Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe (1683 - 1765) was a French explorer, trader, and soldier.

Jean-François de la Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer.

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) was the first European to travel the Mississippi River’s length.

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (1685-1749) was a Canadian soldier and explorer.

Panfilo de Narvaez (1470?-1528) was a Spanish explorer and soldier.

Jean Nicollet (1598 - 1642) was a French explorer who was the first European to travel though the Great Lakes area.

Robert Edwin Peary (1856 - 1920) was an American explorer and Naval officer who led the first expedition the North Pole.

Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 - April 27, 1813) was an American explorer and military officer.

Martin Alonzo Pinzon (1441? - 1493) was a Spanish explorer who sailed with Christopher Columbus to the New World.

Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who traveled through the Pacific coast of America along Peru.

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager/merchant and one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia via China.

Chief Pontiac organized his Ottawa Indian Tribe and others to fight the British, in Pontiac’s War (1763-1764).

Sacajawea (1788-1812) was a Shoshone Indian who guided and acted as interpreter and negotiator for Lewis and Clark.

Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer who led two South Pole expeditions.

Ernest Shackleton (1872-1922) was a British explorer in the Royal Naval Reserve, who was in many South Pole expeditions.

John Smith (1580 - 1631) was an English adventurer, soldier, and a founder of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement.