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This is a list of maritime explorers. The list includes explorers which had contributed, and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet's geography, weather, biodiversity, human cultures, the expansion of trade, or established communication between diverse populations...
- Pre-Columbian Exploration
- Age of Discovery and The Search For The Northwest Passage
- Further Nautical Explorations
- Overland Exploration of The West
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- Bibliography
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According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Norse sailors (often called Vikings) from Iceland first settled Greenland in the 980s. Erik the Red explored and settled southwestern Greenland, which he named to entice potential Icelandic settlers, eventually establishing the Eastern and Western Settlements, which were abandoned around 1350. L'Anse aux Meadow...
The Viking voyages did not become common knowledge in the Old World, and Europeans remained unaware of the existence of the Americas as a whole, until 1492. Many expeditions were launched from European nations in search of a Northwest Passage to East Asia (or "the Indies" as the region was called) in order to establish a shorter trade route to Chin...
In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral was sent by Portugal to explore South America. He is considered to be the discoverer of Brazil. King Ferdinand II of Aragon sent Juan Ponce de León from the fledgling colony on Hispaniola to verify rumors of undiscovered land to the northwest. On April 2, 1513, Ponce de León disembarked on the northeast coast of what h...
16th to 17th centuries
There were numerous Spanish explorers and conquistadors who explored the Southwest of North America (including present-day west and central United States) and crossed the continent (east to west) in its southern regions, mainly from the second quarter to the middle of the 16th century, such as Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, but also the North American Southeast and south-central regions.While Spain's Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo laid claim to the Pacific Coast of Cal...
18th century
Anthony Henday was the first to have seen the Rocky Mountains, in 1754, but curiously did not mention it in his journals. From his westernmost geographic position (roughly near the town of Olds, Alberta, halfway between Calgary and Red Deer, Alberta) the Rockies should have been quite conspicuous, but he was likely trying to disguise the disappointing fact that an unknown range of seemingly impassible mountains now stood between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Pacific. Samuel Hearne found th...
19th century to present
Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to venture into the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase, at the order of President Thomas Jefferson. They discovered many new geographical features, Indian tribes, and animal and plant species. John Colterwas a member of the expedition who subsequently became a guide for others in the 'Old West,' and did some explorations of his own. John C. Frémont led many important explorations in the Great Plains, Great Basin, Oregon territory, and M...
Maps of the New WorldUniversalis Cosmographia, the Waldseemüller mapdated 1507, depicts the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Ocean separating Asia from the Americas.The Vinland map surfaced in 1965 and is claimed, though widely discredited, to be a 15th-century map depicting the Norse colony of Vinland.Historical overviews
1. 16th century in North American history 2. Age of Discovery 3. Notable cartographers of the Age of Exploration 4. National Historic Trail 5. Americas (terminology) 6. European colonization of the Americas 7. Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Specific eras, explorers, regions, and efforts
1. Old West + Mountain men 2. Amerigo Vespucci, Martin Waldseemüller + Matthias Ringmann: originators of term America
Ambrose, Stephen E.Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, New York: Simon & Schuster (1996).Bartlett, Richard. Great Surveys of the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.Fernlund, Kevin J.William Henry Holmes and the Rediscovery of the American West. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2000.Enrigue, Álvaro, "The Discovery of Europe" (review of Caroline Dodds Pennock, On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe, Knopf, 2023, 302 pp.), The New York Review of Books, vol....
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Purpose of the list . The purpose of the list is to enable the reader to navigate between Wikipedia entries of diverse maritime explorers from a central encyclopedic point of reference. Definition . A communication with other populations, commercial trade, and military missions such as establishment of colonies. List scope
John Smith. Birth/Death: 1580 – 1631. Notable Achievements: Established the first English colony in the Americas (Jamestown) Statue of John Smith. John Smith is best known as an explorer and writer. He is credited with establishing Jamestown, the first English colony in the New World, located in Virginia.
Christopher Columbus. He is credited for discovering the Americas in 1492, although we know today people were there long before him; his real achievement was that he opened the door for more exploration to a New World. Voyage.
This is a list of maritime explorers. The list includes explorers which had contributed, and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet's geography, weather, biodiversity, human cultures, the expansion of trade, or established communication between diverse populations...
