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Also Known As Bartolomé Colón • Bartolomeo Colombo
Born c.1426 or c.1475 • Genoa • Italy
Died 1514 or 1515 • Santo Domingo • Dominican Republic
Founder Santo Domingo
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Muḥammad al-Idrīsī
Arab geographer
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Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist
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David Thompson
English explorer
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
Italian explorer
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian navigator
Engraving by David McNeely Stauffer showing Italian explorer John Cabot standing with his three sons beside a large globe, with an open book and a seascape in the background.
John Cabot
Italian explorer
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Italian navigator
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Pierre de Brazza
French explorer
Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile
Italian explorer
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Carlo Piaggia
Italian explorer
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Pellegrino Matteucci
European explorer
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Romolo Gessi
Italian explorer and soldier
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Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani
Italian archaeologist
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Giacomo Doria
Italian naturalist and explorer
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Luigi Robecchi-Bricchetti
Italian explorer
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Peter Martyr d’Anghiera
Italian chaplain and historian of the Spanish court
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François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
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John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer

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