Important Personalities: explorers

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Jeremy Curl

Jeremy Robert Patrick Curl
13 March 1982 -

Worldwide travels

Born: 13 March 1982
Died: -
Voyages: The youngest to traverse the Sahara on foot

Frank Cole

Frank Cole
1954 - 2000

Worldwide travels

Born: 1954
Died: 2000
Voyages: The first North American to cross the Sahara desert in 1990 alone on camel

Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner
September 17 -

Italian mountaineer

Born: September 17, 1944 Brixen, Italy
Died:
Voyages: The first man to climb all the 14 peaks higher than 8,000 meters

Robert Ballard

Robert Duane Ballard
June 30, 1942 -

Oceanographer

Born: June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas
Died: -
Voyages: Discovered the shipwreck of the RMS Titanic

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen
June 7, 1879 - December 21, 1933

Worldwide travels

Born: June 7, 1879 Jakobshavn
Died: December 21, 1933 Copenhagen
Nationality: Greenlandic
Voyages: The first to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled

Hiram Bingham III

Hiram Bingham III
November 19, 1875 - June 6, 1956

Worldwide travels

Born: November 19, 1875 Honolulu, Hawaii
Died: June 6, 1956 Washington, D.C.
Nationality: American
Religion: Protestant Christian
Voyages: Explorer best known for rediscovered Machu Picchu

Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen
July 16, 1872 - June 18, 1928

Worldwide travels

Born: July 16, 1872 Borge, Ostfold, Norway
Died: c. June 18, 1928
Voyages: Norwegian explorer who was the first to reach the South Pole

Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen
October 10, 1861 - May 13, 1930

Worldwide travels

Born: October 10, 1861 Christiania, Norway
Died: May 13, 1930 Lysaker, Norway
Voyages: The first to cross the Greenland ice cap in 1888

David Livingstone

Doctor David Livingstone
19 March 1813 - 1 May 1873

Worldwide travels

Born: 19 March 1813 Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: 1 May 1873 near Lake Bangweulu, Zambia
Nationality: British
Voyages: He was the first European to see Victoria Falls, which he named in honour of Queen Victoria

Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis
August 18, 1774 - November 11, 1809

Worldwide travels

Born: August 18, 1774 Charlottesville, Virginia
Died: November 11, 1809 Grinder's Stand, Hohenwald, Tennessee
Voyages: Led the Lewis and Clark Expedition into the Pacific Northwest in 1804-1806

Mungo Park

Mungo Park
September 11, 1771 - 1806

Worldwide travels

Born: September 11, 1771 Selkirkshire
Died: 1806 Yelwa, Nigeria
Nationality: British
Voyages: Was the first explorer to discover the Niger River

Alexander MacKenzie

Sir Alexander Mackenzie
1764 - March 12, 1820

Worldwide travels

Born: 1764, Stornoway Scotland
Died: March 12, 1820
Voyages: Discovered the Mackenzie River on July 10, 1789

James Cook

James Cook
7 November 1728 - 14 February 1779

Worldwide travels

Born: 7 November 1728 Marton, Yorkshire, England
Died: 14 February 1779 Hawaii
Nationality: British
Voyages: Explored much of the Pacific including New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii