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Famous Explorers #5

All right, from here on I guess it's for enthusiasts only. Can you still name some?
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Last updated: February 5, 2024
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Nationality
Explorer
first to cross South America (by sailing the Amazon)
16th
Spanish
Francisco de Orellana
first woman to sail around the world
18th
French
Jeanne Baret
first European to cross the equator
15th
Portuguese
Lopes Gonçalves
explored the Pacific, Oceania, and Antarctica
19th
French
Jules Dumont d'Urville
possibly the first European to see the contiguous US
16th
Venetian
Sebastian Cabot
name any: first vertebrate in space /
first vertebrate to survive a spaceflight /
first animal in orbit / first animal to survive orbit
20th
American |
Soviet |
Soviet | Soviet
Albert II | Dezik & Tsygan |
Laika | Belka & Strelka
first Norse to settle permanently in Iceland
9th
Norse
Ingólfr Arnarson
Inca conquistador, first European to travel to Chile
16th
Spanish
Diego de Almagro
first European to reach Western Australia
17th
Dutch
Dirk Hartog
co-discovered the Antarctic continent
19th
Russian
Mikhail Lazarev
first to fly nonstop across an ocean (name any)
20th
British
John Alcock | Arthur Brown
diplomat and enovy to the world outside China
who pioneered the Silk Road
2nd
BCE
Chinese
Zhang Qian
captain of the Beagle and pioneer meteorologist
19th
English
Robert FitzRoy
first woman on Mount Everest & the Seven Summits
20th
Japanese
Junko Tabei
led a scientific circumnavigation that vanished
18th
French
Jean-François de La Pérouse
longest time spent on a solo spaceflight
20th
Soviet
Valery Bykovsky
woman who travelled extensively through West Africa
19th
British
Mary Kingsley
travelled through Europe, Africa and the Middle East
12th
Jewish
Benjamin of Tudela
helped Lewis & Clark explore the Louisiana Territory
18th
Native American
Sacagawea
first to walk the length of the Amazon
20th
British
Ed Stafford
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