Explorer - 16th-18th century
42 famous people found
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Hernán Cortés
Spanish Conquistador
1485 - 1547 -
Francisco PIZARRO
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
1478 - 1541 -
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
1661 - 1706 -
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
1713 - 1736 -
Jacques MARQUETTE
French-Canadian Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement
1637 - 1675 -
Louis JOLLIET
French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America
1645 - 1700 -
René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE
17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America
1643 - 1687 -
Juan DE OÑATE
Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México
1550 - 1626 -
Jeanne MANCE
French nurse and settler of New France, founder of Montreal
1606 - 1673 -
Auguste de Saint-Hilaire
French botanist and traveler
1779 - 1853 -
Martin PREVOST
New France settler
1611 - 1691 -
Pedro ARIAS DAVILA
Spanish colonial administrator
1468 - 1531 -
Pierre GAULTIER DE VARENNES
French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer
1685 - 1749 -
Jan VAN RIEBEECK
Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town
1619 - 1677 -
Walter RALEIGH
English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer
1552 - 1618 -
Thomas CAVENDISH
English explorer and a privateer
1560 - 1592 -
Álvar Núñez CABEZA DE VACA
Spanish explorer of the New World, one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition
1488 - 1557 -
Jean-Baptiste CHARCOT
French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist
1867 - 1936 -
Gonzalo PIZARRO
Spanish conquistador
1510 - 1548 -
Jonathan Carver
Captain in a Massachusetts colonial unit, explorer, and writer
1710 - 1780