Martin Frobisher- searched for the Northwest Passage
Gama, Vasco da - discovered the sea route to India in 1498 by rounding the Cape Of Good Hope
Henry Hudson - Northwest Passage, Canada
Samuel Hearne - Arctic
(d')Iberville - discoverer of the area now known as Biloxi, Mississippi
Willem Jantszoon - Dutch explorer who sailed to Australia
Louis Joliet - Cdn explorer who sailed the Great Lakes and discovered the Mississippi River.
Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest. England. Led British Commonwealth Trans Antarctic expidition 1957-1958
Vasco da Gama - Portuguese who discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the East.
Robert Gray - a former Navy man who sailed from Boston to China where he traded furs for tea.
Vasco de Gama - famous for his completion of the first all water trade route between Europe and India
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey - English soldier, navigator, and explorer
Greely, Adolphus Washington - American army officer and arctic explorer
Gray, Robert - American sea captain, discoverer of the Columbia River
Oy, pipped!
Guess I won't spend as much time exploring explorers
Sir Edmund Hillary- one of the first to summit Mt. Everest & explored the South Pole.
(d')Iberville - discoverer of the area now known as Biloxi, Mississippi
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wha happ'd up there...??
Henry Kelsey : 1667-1724 British explorer of Inland Canada (Hudson Bay Company)
Edmund Kennedy : 1818-1848 Assistant Surveyer of New South Wales, explored Queensland including Thompson River, Barcoo River and Cape York Peninsula
Mary Kingsley : 1862-1900 Made two pioneering trips to West and Central Africa. GO GIRL!!
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Hope you've all had a good sleep and are mentally on the ball! You will notice that Mummy has brought the thread back into line after 4 out-of-sequence entries. Now isn't it lucky that some of us are perfect and never, ever make any boo-boos? :wink:
Joliet, Louis =Mississippi explorer
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my last post would not allow me to edit !!!
Okay, WHAT letter are we on?!! I see Dutchy put us out of alphabetical order on the last page. I'm gonna go back & check this mess! ... faster than a speeding bulle t... etc...
Looks like "L", okay?!:
Leif Ericcson - Norse discoverer of America
Lewis, Meriwether - American explorer, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Livingstone, David - Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa, the first European to cross the African continent.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de - one of the most celebrated explorers and builders of New France.
Are we square?
Marco, Polo
Mawson, Sir Douglas
Magellan, Ferdinand
that's cute - Marco Polo -
Nicollet,Jean: The Peacemaking Explorer
John Oxley 1785-1825 Explored Australia
Ellison Ontzuka 1946-1986 Challenger crewmember
Juan de Onate 1550-1630 Conquistador
Parry, Sir William Edward 1790-1855 Arctic Explorer
