Age of Discovery
Americas: conquest and settlement

Cabot, John and Sebastian
colonizing Oceania and Australasia
Cook, James (1728–1779)

da Gama, Vasco (c. 1450–1500)
Diaz, Bartholomew (c. 1450–1500)

exploration before the Age of Discovery

Heyerdahl, Thor (1914–425 BC)

Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930)

Peary, Robert (1856–1920)

Vespucci, Amerigo (1454–1512)