swap_horiz Louis Joliet Alternatives

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Xuanzang

Xuanzang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled overland to India around 629–645 CE to collect sacred text...

Asia Ancient Chinese Terrestrial

8.9 Great

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Alex Honnold

Alex Honnold is an American rock climber known for free-solo climbing, in which a climber ascends without ropes or prote...

American Contemporary Mountaineering North America

8.8 Great

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Leif Erikson

Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer, probably born in Iceland and raised in Greenland, who is described in medieval Icelan...

Medieval North America Maritime Viking

8.6 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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Tommy Caldwell

Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber known for difficult free climbs, big-wall routes, and sustained climbing on Y...

American Contemporary Mountaineering North America

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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Nain Singh Rawat

Nain Singh Rawat was a 19th-century Indian explorer and surveyor trained by the British Survey of India as one of its so...

Indian 19TH Century Asia Terrestrial

8.2 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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Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel was a French-Belgian explorer, writer, opera singer, and student of Asian religions whose travels c...

French Asia 20TH Century Terrestrial

7.8 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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René Caillié

René Caillié was a French explorer who in 1828 became the first non-Muslim European to visit Timbuktu in present-day Mal...

French 19TH Century Africa Terrestrial

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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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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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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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led an expedition from Cuba into Florida in 1539 and across...

Spanish North 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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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