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Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) was a Portuguese explorer who found a route from Portugal to the East.
Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer/navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America.
Pedro Alvares Cabral (1467-1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, explorer, and navigator who discovered Brazil in 1500.
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager/merchant and one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia via China.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583) was an English nobleman, Army officer, member of Parliament, and explorer.
Jean Nicollet (1598 - 1642) was a French explorer who was the first European to travel though the Great Lakes area.
Learn about Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), who was a Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers.
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English explorer, naval officer, and navigator who circumnavigated Australia.
Matthew Henson (1866 - 1955) was an African-American explorer and one of the first people to visit the North Pole.
James Lovell, Jr. was an astronaut who flew on Gemini missions orbiting the Earth and Apollo trips circling the moon.
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