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  • Francisco PIZARRO

    Francisco PIZARRO

    Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

    Spanish1478 - 1541
  • René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

    René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

    17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America

    French1643 - 1687
  • 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
  • Auguste de Saint-Hilaire

    Auguste de Saint-Hilaire

    French botanist and traveler

    French1779 - 1853
  • Martin PREVOST

    Martin PREVOST

    New France settler

    French1611 - 1691
  • Pedro ARIAS DAVILA

    Pedro ARIAS DAVILA

    Spanish colonial administrator

    Spanish1468 - 1531
  • Pierre GAULTIER DE VARENNES

    Pierre GAULTIER DE VARENNES

    French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer

    Canadian1685 - 1749
  • Jan VAN RIEBEECK

    Jan VAN RIEBEECK

    Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town

    Dutch1619 - 1677
  • Walter RALEIGH

    Walter RALEIGH

    English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer

    English1552 - 1618
  • Thomas CAVENDISH

    Thomas CAVENDISH

    English explorer and a privateer

    English1560 - 1592
  • Álvar Núñez CABEZA DE VACA

    Álvar Núñez CABEZA DE VACA

    Spanish explorer of the New World, one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition

    Spanish1488 - 1557
  • Jean-Baptiste CHARCOT

    Jean-Baptiste CHARCOT

    French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist

    French1867 - 1936
  • Gonzalo PIZARRO

    Gonzalo PIZARRO

    Spanish conquistador

    Spanish1510 - 1548
  • Hernán CORTES

    Hernán CORTES

    Spanish Conquistador

    Spanish1485 - 1547
  • Louis Dubois

    Louis Dubois

    Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York

    French1626 - 1696
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