Explorers and Their Voyages

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea in 1498.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who discovered the Americas in 1492.

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe in 1522.

John Cabot was an Italian explorer who discovered the Northwest Passage in 1497.

Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1498.

James Cook was a British explorer who discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778.

Willem Janszoon was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to reach Australia in 1606.

James Cook was the first explorer to discover the Antarctic continent in 1773.

Robert Peary was an American explorer who was the first person to reach the North Pole in 1909.

Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer who was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911.

Richard Byrd was an American explorer who was the first person to walk to the North Pole in 1926.

Hiram Bingham was an American explorer who discovered the lost city of Machu Picchu in 1911.

Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand explorer who was the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953.

Howard Carter was a British archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.

Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer who was the first person to reach the Mariana Trench in 1960.