Famous Explorers

The Most Famous Explorers
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Henry Hudson	1565	British	Henry Hudson was an early 17th century English navigator and explorer
Kit Carson	December 24, 1809	American	Kit Carson was an American frontiersman and soldier who played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States
Bartolomeu Dias	1450	Portuguese	Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer who became the first European to reach Indian Ocean from the Atlantic
James Cook	November 7, 1728	British	James Cook was a British explorer, captain and cartographer
Charles Sturt	April 28, 1795	British	Charles Sturt was an English military officer and explorer who led three major expeditions towards the interior of eastern Australia
Jacques Cousteau	June 11, 1910	French	Jacques Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, researcher, filmmaker, undersea explorer, author, and photographer
Lawrence Hargrave	January 29, 1850	Australian	Lawrence Hargrave was an Australian engineer, aviation pioneer, inventor, explorer, and astronomer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa	1475	Spanish	Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa was one of the most important and influential explorers in the 16th century

Jacques Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, researcher, filmmaker, undersea explorer, author, and photographer

Lawrence Hargrave was an Australian engineer, aviation pioneer, inventor, explorer, and astronomer

Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa was one of the most important and influential explorers in the 16th century

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Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer who became the first European to reach Indian Ocean from the Atlantic

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Kit Carson was an American frontiersman and soldier who played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States

Henry Hudson was an early 17th century English navigator and explorer

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Charles Sturt was an English military officer and explorer who led three major expeditions towards the interior of eastern Australia

James Cook was a British explorer, captain and cartographer