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23 results

title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Sven Hedin Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO,Wennerholm, Eric 1865 1952 Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin
Juan de Oñate Juan de Oñate y Salazar 1550 1626 Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Oñate
Julius Popper Julius Popper 1857 1893 null Wallachian-born Romanian-Argentine engineer, adventurer, and explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Popper
Josh Bernstein Josh Bernstein 1971 n/a American explorer, author, executive producer, survival expert, anthropologist, and TV host best known as the host of Digging for the Truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Bernstein
Diego de Montemayor Diego de Montemayor none 1611 Spanish conquistador, explorer, officer, and the governor of Nuevo Reino de León https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Montemayor
Isabelle Eberhardt Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt 1877 1904 Swiss explorer and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Eberhardt
João Ramalho João Ramalho 1493 1582 Portuguese explorer and adventurer known as the first bandeirante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_Ramalho
Angelo Heilprin Angelo Heilprin 1853 1907 American geologist, paleontologist, naturalist, and explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Heilprin
Mark Plotkin Mark J. Plotkin 1955 n/a null ethnobotanist and a plant explorer in the Neotropics, where he is an expert on rainforest ecosystems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Plotkin
Hermann Burchardt Hermann Burchardt 1857 1909 German explorer and photographer of Jewish descent, who is renowned for his black and white pictorial essays of scenes in Arabia in the early 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Burchardt
Theodore Solomons Theodore Seixas Solomons 1870 1947 null explorer and early member of the Sierra Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Solomons
Abraham Blauvelt Abraham Blauvelt null null Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s, after whom both the Bluefield River and the neighboring town of Bluefields, Nicaragua were named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Blauvelt
Paul-Émile Victor Paul-Émile Victor 1907 1995 French ethnologist and explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Émile_Victor
Tibor Sekelj Tibor Sekelj 1912 1988 Hungarian born polyglot, explorer, author, and 'citizen of the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibor_Sekelj
Gaspar Castaño de Sosa Gaspar Castaño de Sosa 1550 1595 Portuguese settler, colonist, explorer, and reputed slaver who was among the founders of the towns of Saltillo and Monclova, in Coahuila, Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Castaño_de_Sosa
Rudolf Samoylovich Rudolf (Ruvim) Lazarevich Samoylovich null null Soviet polar explorer, professor, and doctor of geographic sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Samoylovich
Isaac Schlossbach Isaac "Ike" Schlossbach 1891 1984 American polar explorer, submariner and aviation pioneer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Schlossbach
Edward Israel Edward Israel 1859 1884 null astronomer and Polar explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Israel
Faanya Rose Faanya Lydia 1938 n/a British businesswoman, conservationist, philanthropist, and explorer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faanya_Rose
Julius Mendes Price Julius Mendes Price 1857 1924 null artist, war correspondent, explorer, traveller, journalist and caricaturist for Vanity Fair (signed "Imp", "Jmp" or "jmp") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Mendes_Price
Lewis Cotlow Lewis Cotlow 1898 1987 null explorer, author and filmmaker, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Cotlow
Vladimir Schneiderov Vladimir Schneiderov 1900 1973 null Soviet-era explorer and educational film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Schneiderov
Sevʹyan I. Vainshtein Sevyan Izrailevich Vainshtein 1926 2008 Russian ethnographer, archaeologist, historian and explorer of Siberian and Central Asian peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevʹyan_I._Vainshtein