Vitus Bering
discoverer of the strait between Alaska and
Russia
James Cook
the first European to land on New Zealand,
discoverer of the Hawaiian Islands, etc.
William Dampier
privateer who circumnavigated the world three
times
Bartolomeu Dias
leader of the first European expedition to round
the southern tip of Africa by sea
John Franklin
arctic explorer
Martin Frobisher
English mariner, privateer, and explorer
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Vasco da Gama
leader of the first European expedition to reach
India by sea
Henry the Navigator
sponsor of numerous voyages along the western
coast of Africa
John Ledyard
writer of the first travel story by an American
to be published in the United States
Ferdinand Magellan
leader of the first voyage around the world
Abel Janszoon Tasman
the first known European explorer to reach
Tasmania and New Zealand and to sight Fiji
Naomi Uemura
known for his solo adventures
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