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Marco Polo
Journey along the Silk Road to China
Christopher Columbus
Voyages to the Americas
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigation of the Earth
Hernán Cortés
Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Conquest of the Inca Empire
Lewis and Clark
Expedition across the western portion of the United States
David Livingstone
Exploration of Africa
Henry Hudson
Attempts to find a northeast passage to Asia
James Cook
First recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands
Roald Amundsen
First to reach the South Pole
Robert Falcon Scott
Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
First confirmed ascent of Mount Everest
Vasco da Gama
First direct sea voyage from Europe to India
John Cabot
Discovery of portions of North America's coastline
Abel Tasman
First known European explorer to reach the islands of Tasmania, New Zealand, and Fiji
Ernest Shackleton
Endurance expedition to Antarctica
Juan Ponce de León
Exploration of Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth
Alexander von Humboldt
Exploration of Latin America
Zheng He
Seven maritime expeditions in the early 15th century
Jacques Cartier
First European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River
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