World major explorations map

Famous explorers

By ellikyrmanidou
  • Nov 21, 1271

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
    He was the first to travel to Central Asia and China.
  • Nov 21, 1487

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama
    He is famous for leading sails from Europe to India.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    In 1492 he found a land which he believed to be Asia and named it San Salvador.

  • James Cook

    James Cook
    He was the first to explore the continent of Australia

  • Roald Amundsen

    Roald Amundsen
    He was the first to explore the South Pole.

  • Jacques Cousteau

    Jacques Cousteau
    He was the first to make an underwater film and was a famous oceanographer.

  • Landing on the Moon

    Landing on the Moon
    Neil Armstrong was a famous astronaut and in 1969 he was the first man to land on the Moon

  • Reinhold Messner

    Reinhold Messner
    He was the first to ascend Mount Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen.