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History

This is an alphabetically ordered list of explorers organized by country of origin or residence. See also European exploration.

American

Australian

Belgian

Brazilian

British

Canadian

Carthaginian

Chinese

Colombian

Danish

Dutch

Estonian

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Irish

Italian

Moroccan

New Zealander

Norwegian

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

Swiss

This article was most recently revised and updated by Naomi Blumberg.