| Major Explorations of the World |
| Year | Explorer | National |
| 1271-95 | Marco Polo | Italy |
| 1492-1504 | Christopher Columbus Italy | America |
| 1497-98 | John Cabot | England |
| 1497-98 | Vasco da Gama | Portugal |
| 1497-1502 | Amerigo Vespucci | Italy |
| 1519-21 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portugal |
| 1519-22 | J. Sebastian del Cano | Spain |
| 1642-44 | Abel J. Tasman | Netherlands |
| 1768-78 | James Cook | England |
| 1821 | John Davis | U.S. |
| 1831-43 | James Clark Ross | England |
| 1839-44 | Edward John Eye | England |
| 1892; 1908-9 | Robert E. Peary | US |
| 1903-26 | R. Amundsen | Norway |
| 1907-9 | Ernest H. Shackleton | Ireland |
| 1946-58 | Finn Ronne | U.S. |
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