swap_horiz Hernando de Soto Alternatives

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Juan Sebastián Elcano

Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator who completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth. After Ferd...

Spanish Maritime Circumnavigation Age Of Exploration

8.5 Great

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Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis was an American army officer and explorer who, with William Clark, led the Lewis and Clark Expedition f...

American 19TH Century North America Terrestrial

8.3 Great

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Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain was a French navigator, cartographer, explorer, and colonial administrator active in northeastern No...

French Canada Great Lakes Terrestrial

8.2 Great

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William Clark

William Clark was an American soldier, explorer, territorial official, and Indian agent who co-led the Lewis and Clark E...

American 19TH Century North America Terrestrial

8.2 Great

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and colonial administrator active in the early 16th century. In 1513 he cro...

Spanish Pacific Panama Terrestrial

8.1 Great

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who, after a failed 1527 expedition to Florida, spent eight years wand...

Spanish North America Terrestrial Age Of Exploration

7.8 Good

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John Cabot

John Cabot, also known as Giovanni Caboto, was an Italian navigator who sailed under the authority of England's King Hen...

North America Maritime Atlantic Italian British

7.7 Good

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René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687) was a French explorer who led expeditions across the Great Lakes region and...

French North America 17TH Century Mississippi

7.4 Good

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Francisco de Orellana

Francisco de Orellana (c. 1511–1546) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer credited as the first European to navigate...

Spanish South America Terrestrial Age Of Exploration

7.4 Good

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Jacques Marquette

Jacques Marquette (1637–1675) was a French Jesuit missionary and explorer who, alongside fur trader Louis Jolliet, led t...

French North America 17TH Century Mississippi

7.3 Good

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Louis Joliet

Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian explorer prominent in the mapping of North America during the 17th century. He is be...

French North America 17TH Century Mississippi

7.2 Good

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Jedidiah Smith

Jedidiah Smith (1799-1831) was an American fur trader and explorer who made significant contributions to the mapping of...

American 19TH Century North America Mountain Man

7.2 Good

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Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who led the military campaign that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire and...

Spanish Mesoamerica Terrestrial Conquistador

7.1 Good

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John C. Frémont

John C. Frémont was an American military officer, explorer, and politician known for his significant role in the westwar...

American 19TH Century West North America

7.1 Good

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Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led the Spanish campaign against the Inca Empire in the 1530s. His forc...

Spanish South America Terrestrial Conquistador

6.9 Fair

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Captain John Smith

Captain John Smith was an English soldier and explorer who helped establish the first permanent English settlement in No...

British Virginia North America Terrestrial

6.9 Fair

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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a sixteenth-century maritime explorer who led a Spanish expedition along the Pacific coast o...

Spanish California North America Maritime

6.9 Fair

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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led an expedition from New Spain across the pr...

Spanish North America Southwest Terrestrial

6.8 Fair

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Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and colonial administrator associated with the early Spanish expansion in the...

Spanish Florida North America Terrestrial

6.7 Fair

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Zebulon Pike

Zebulon Pike was a United States Army officer and explorer whose expeditions examined parts of the Louisiana Purchase be...

American 19TH Century North America Southwest

6.7 Fair