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335:. Use and development of the North Atlantic
1143:Chronology of European exploration of Asia
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1138:Portugal in the period of discoveries
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844:Northwest Plateau of North America
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885:before. Explored by Abel Tasman.
537:Traveled across the Southwest of
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222:Great permanent wind wheel of
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672:Rediscovered by the Spanish.
1133:Exploration of the High Alps
1179:
905:Burke and Wills expedition
852:Lewis and Clark Expedition
795:, Far East Eurasian Coast
629:Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
580:and Brazil. Length of the
548:Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
61:, in chronological order:
1128:List of Russian explorers
1123:List of lost expeditions
1113:Geographical exploration
1108:Exploration of Australia
755:and to the mouth of the
726:Ivan Yuryevich Moskvitin
947:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
642:(Asia to the Americas)
837:Alexander von Humboldt
766:António Raposo Tavares
621:Conquest of the Muisca
1163:History-related lists
591:Francisco de Orellana
491:Juan Sebastián Elcano
411:. Voyage that united
230:. Recognition of the
113:Himilco the Navigator
907:(Central Australia)
602:Saint Lawrence River
480:(Americas to Asia).
434:Pedro Álvares Cabral
346:Christopher Columbus
35:adding missing items
1090:exploration robots
1019:Robert Falcon Scott
955:South Magnetic Pole
914:Robert O'Hara Burke
890:Interior of Africa
860:North Magnetic Pole
258:Henry the Navigator
228:North Atlantic Gyre
197:c. 14th century CE
97:Hanno the Navigator
999:December 14, 1911
939:Northern Sea Route
918:William John Wills
719:and Pacific coast
668:Tupaq Inka Yupanki
649:Andrés de Urdaneta
487:Ferdinand Magellan
33:; you can help by
1118:List of explorers
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959:January 16, 1909
897:David Livingstone
749:River Plate Basin
656:Galápagos Islands
571:Francisco Pizarro
456:- Pacific Ocean)
391:, South Atlantic
208:Sahelian kingdoms
158:Gunnbjörn Ulfsson
105:Mediterranean Sea
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1103:Age of Discovery
868:James Clark Ross
809:Hawaiian Islands
520:and east of the
474:Circumnavigation
467:Francisco Serrão
463:António de Abreu
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825:Central America
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363:, sea route to
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987:Robert Peary
757:Amazon River
695:Henry Hudson
670:. 1594–1597.
640:Volta do Mar
582:Amazon River
393:Volta do Mar
361:Indian Ocean
357:outer routes
304:Volta do Mar
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296:Indian Ocean
288:South Africa
244:West African
232:Sargasso Sea
224:Volta do Mar
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178:Leif Ericson
67:Exploration
55:explorations
52:
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1158:Exploration
1064:Buzz Aldrin
931:Serpa Pinto
864:1831-06-01
819:(mythical)
741:Abel Tasman
561:Empire and
454:Australasia
265:Congo River
216:Ibn Battuta
201:Abu Bakr II
88:West Africa
1152:Categories
1086:and other
1011:South Pole
995:South Pole
979:North Pole
910:1860–1861
893:1851–1873
848:1804–1806
833:1799–1803
817:Hawaiʻiloa
813:By c. 800
791:, western
781:James Cook
777:1768–1779
762:1648–1651
737:1642–1643
722:1649–1641
706:1594–1597
691:1574–1631
686:Hudson Bay
645:1564–1565
625:1536–1537
606:1534–1542
587:1531–1534
567:1531–1534
527:1525–1527
502:1519–1521
483:1519–1522
459:1512–1513
438:Diogo Dias
430:1500–1501
397:Madagascar
378:1497–1499
342:1493–1502
310:1482–1485
277:1482–1485
253:1427–1460
248:Cape Verde
212:1351–1354
82:Northwest
31:incomplete
1068:Apollo 11
875:Australia
407:Strait);
325:Venezuela
321:Caribbean
281:Diogo Cão
142:Greenland
1097:See also
879:c. 1640
664:c. 1480
660:Rapa Nui
617:Colombia
514:Paraguay
512:Brazil,
450:Moluccas
417:Americas
292:Atlantic
165:Americas
75:explorer
42:May 2024
1028:summit
789:Pacific
773:Oceania
751:to the
733:Oceania
717:Siberia
578:Ecuador
563:Ecuador
524:Empire
518:Bolivia
401:Red Sea
307:winds.
294:to the
273:Namibia
246:coast.
236:Madeira
146:Iceland
134:Pytheas
127:Island
86:coast (
84:African
1062:, and
969:, and
793:Alaska
787:North
682:Canada
598:Canada
498:Mexico
421:Africa
413:Europe
389:Brazil
369:Europe
359:) and
337:routes
331:) and
269:Angola
240:Azores
226:, the
185:Brazil
150:Faroes
148:, and
121:Europe
943:1878
927:1877
798:1771
753:Andes
702:North
678:North
544:1528
446:Timor
409:India
365:India
125:Thule
73:Who (
70:When
1084:NASA
1076:Mars
1048:Moon
1046:The
1038:and
1034:Sir
1009:The
993:The
977:The
953:The
937:The
916:and
903:The
858:The
827:and
559:Inca
555:Peru
522:Inca
489:and
465:and
436:and
425:Asia
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