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  • Samuel DE  CHAMPLAIN

    Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN

    French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler, founder of Quebec

    French1574 - 1635
  • Francis DRAKE

    Francis DRAKE

    English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era

    English1540 - 1596
  • Francisco PIZARRO

    Francisco PIZARRO

    Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

    Spanish1478 - 1541
  • Davy CROCKETT

    Davy CROCKETT

    American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician

    American1786 - 1836
  • Jacques CARTIER

    Jacques CARTIER

    French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France

    French1491 - 1557
  • Fernand DE MAGELLAN

    Fernand DE MAGELLAN

    Portuguese explorer

    Portuguese1480 - 1521
  • Daniel BOONE

    Daniel BOONE

    American pioneer and hunter

    American1734 - 1820
  • Jean-François de LA PEROUSE

    Jean-François de LA PEROUSE

    French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania

    French1741 - 1788
  • René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

    René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

    French explorer and fur trader in North America

    French1643 - 1697
  • Jean-Baptiste GAULTIER DE LA  VERENDRYE

    Jean-Baptiste GAULTIER DE LA VERENDRYE

    French explorer, founder of Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods and of Fort Maurepas on the Red River

    Canadian1713 - 1736
  • Louis JOLLIET

    Louis JOLLIET

    French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America

    Canadian1645 - 1700
  • Pierre LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE

    Pierre LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE

    French soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, member of Compagnies Franches de la Marine and founder of the French colony of Louisiana in New France

    French1661 - 1706
  • Jacques MARQUETTE

    Jacques MARQUETTE

    French-Canadian Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement

    French1637 - 1675
  • Juan DE OÑATE

    Juan DE OÑATE

    Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México

    Spanish1550 - 1626
  • Jeanne MANCE

    Jeanne MANCE

    French nurse and settler of New France, founder of Montreal

    French1606 - 1673
  • James COOK

    James COOK

    English explorer, navigator and cartographer

    English1728 - 1779
  • Eugène François VIDOCQ

    Eugène François VIDOCQ

    French criminalist

    French1775 - 1857
  • Vasco DE GAMA

    Vasco DE GAMA

    Portuguese explorer

    Portuguese1469 - 1524
  • Robert SURCOUF

    Robert SURCOUF

    French corsair

    French1773 - 1827
  • René DUGUAY-TROUIN

    René DUGUAY-TROUIN

    Famous Breton corsair of Saint-Malo

    French1673 - 1736
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