Horsens Museum - Vitus Bering - en Vitus Bering was one of the world's famous explorers. In 1728, Bering discovered that Asia and America are two separate continents, and in 1741 he was the first one to map the west coast of Alaska. As Columbus tied together the world to the west, Bering tied it together to the east. http: //horsensmuseum.dk/bering/ber_en.htm
Iberville 1694-1703 Born in Montreal in 1661, Pierre Lemoyne d Iberville was simultaneously and in succession an adventurer, soldier, ship's captain, explorer, pirate, smuggler... http: //nlc-bnc.ca/2/8/h8-227-e.html
Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier was born in the seaport of Saint Malo, France... http: //library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_car...
James 1631-1632 Born around 1593 in Bristol, England, Thomas James first studied law before embarking on his career as navigator http: //nlc-bnc.ca/dl/1999/passages/james-e.htm...
Jean-Baptiste Charcot Without a doubt, the success of the Français Expedition only fueled Dr. Charcot's appetite for a return to the Antarctic... http: //south-pole.com/p0000096.htm
John Davis Davis sighted land somewhere along the east Gronland coast on his first voyage http: //collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/explore/davis.h...
John Glenn John Glenn is a twentieth century hero in many people's eyes. He was the first American to orbit the earth in space... http: //tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/glenn.html
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