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America was unknown to European until little over years ago and Australia was scarcely known by the rest of the world until the late 18th century. In this article, we bring you some of the people who made Europeans aware of the rest of the world.
Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa. He discovered and named the Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria. Encourager of commercial empire, Livingstone was born in a Protestant family and his father was very institutionalized to his beliefs.
British Captain James Cook led several major expeditions. An epitome in the area of geographical exploration, Captain Crook was killed in by Hawaiians during his third exploratory navigation. He is also credited to discover the area around modern New York City while exploring the route to Asia via west. With his ships Heemskerck and Zeehaen, Tasman led the exploring expedition towards North Pacific with the object to obtain knowledge of all undiscovered beaches in the world.
Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first voyage around the world. He discovered the Strait of Magellan, near the tip of South America.
He was born in Sabrosa but later adopted the nationality of Spain to serve King Charles I in order to explore the westward route to the Spice Island. Considered as the greatest hero in the European age of discovery, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama traveled around the Cape of Good Hope and up the East coast of Africa and later discovered a trade route to India.
After mastering in the field of mathematics and navigation he became the governor of Portuguese India in American frontierswoman and professional scout, known for her claim of being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok and for fighting Indians. Early explorer and geographer of the Amazon region in Brazil and French Guiana. Heiress, writer spent a decade exploring the Far East in the s.
Toured the interior of Java and Borneo.
Today there are few places that have not been explored but this was not always the case. America was unknown to European until little over years ago and. The following is a list of explorers. Their common names, countries of origin ( modern and of explorations · List of lost expeditions · List of female explorers and travelers · List of maritime explorers · List of Russian explorers · List of travelers.
Traveled to all sovereign nations on a trip from July 24, , to February 2, ; she thus obtained the Guinness World Record for "Fastest Person Female to Travel to All Sovereign Nations" and is the first documented woman, fastest American, and youngest American to do such a trip. Swedish explorer, aviator , travel writer and rally driver.
The first woman to have crossed the Sahara by car. First woman to circumnavigate the world by air by Zeppelin.
Swiss explorer and writer in Algeria, who converted to Islam and traveled freely dressed as a man. Photographer, author, and artist documenting the tribal cultures and adornments of Africa, most notably in partnership with American photographer Carol Beckwith. Her books include Africa Adorned and 13 others in collaboration with Carol Beckwith. First African American woman to reach North Pole. Made films of and wrote books about travels in Africa, South Pacific, Borneo. First woman to climb all fourteen eight-thousander mountains without supplementary oxygen.
Oregon Trail , Sierra Nevada. Webarchive template wayback links Wikipedia pending changes protected pages Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers. Brazilian interior Amazon Basin. Southeast Asia , Singapore. However, his reports were not believed but he encouraged the idea of trading with the East. Mount Everest , Antarctica. Jeanne Baret is the first woman to go around the world.
Ethnographer and explorer of West Africa. Founder of Explorers Connect.
She captained the first all-female rowing team to circumnavigate Britain non-stop. Explorer and first female in history to swim the Thames River from source to London in Completed a solo traverse of remote regions of Northern Namibia in First woman to walk around the world. In , Polly began her 5-year trek around the world, raising awareness for breast cancer by partnering with the Lion's Club. British-born Kenyan aviator one of the first bush pilots , adventurer, racehorse trainer and author.
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.
First Englishwoman to cross the Trans-Siberian Railway. Wrote about this in "The Ribbon of Iron".