La V�rendrye and Sons 1727-1743 In the early 1720s French explorers still knew relatively little about the interior of the North American continent... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Marquette and Jolliet Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet searched together and found the waters of the Mississippi River... tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/marquettejolli...
13 Great Polar Explorers Dr. Alistair Mackay and Douglas Mawson, Robert Peary, Sir James Clark Ross, and other explorers have brief summaries of their adventures. mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/13...
Lahontan Lahontan embarked for Canada in 1683 with a contingent of navy troops.... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Tereshkova Valentina Tereshkova is a Russian who became the first woman to fly in space in 1963 tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/tereshkova.htm...
Zagoskin 1842-1844 Zagoskin, a lieutenant in the Russian navy, led an expedition to Alaska from 1842 to 1844... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Thomas Thomes 1631-1632 Born around 1593 in Bristol, England, Thomas James first studied law before embarking on his career as navigator epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
Vitus Bering 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. nndb.com/people/082/000094797/
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... epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/passa...
William Baffin and Robert Bylot On their first voyage Baffin and Bylot charted the south coast of Baffin Island, gathering information on anchorages, tides and currents in the area rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/in-dept...
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... tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/glenn.html
Daniel Boone tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/daniel_boone.h...
Jean-Baptiste Charcot Without a doubt, the success of the Fran�ais Expedition only fueled Dr. Charcot's appetite for a return to the Antarctic... south-pole.com/p0000096.htm
Captain John Smith An article on Captain John Smith... history.org/Foundation/journal/smith.cf...