Przhevalsky, Nikolai. 1839-88. Russian explorer of Tibet, Mongolia.

Radisson and Groseilliers. Huguenot explorers of Minnesota, 1658-9.

Rasmussen, Knud. 1879-1933. Danish arctic explorer.

Ribaut, Jean. 1520-65. French explorer to North America.

Scott, Robert. 1868-1912. English Antarctic explorer. Died returning from the South Pole.

Shackleton, Ernest. 1874-1922. British Antarctic explorer.

Speke, John. 1827-64. British explorer. Discovered Lake Victoria.

Vancouver, George. 1757-98. English explorer to British Columbia 1791-4.

Vespucci, Amerigo. 1454-1512. Florentine explorer who concluded America was not Asia. Name “America”.

Wilkes, Charles. 1798-1877. US Commander, Antarctic explorer. Caused Trent Affair.

Wissman, Hermann von. 1853-1905. German explorer of Upper Congo.