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Flourished 1440 - 1484
António Fernandes
Portuguese explorer and historian
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Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator
prince of Portugal
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese explorer
Pêro da Covilhã
Portuguese explorer
Lourenço de Almeida
Portuguese explorer
João Fernandes
Portuguese explorer
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto
Portuguese explorer
Dinís Dias
Portuguese explorer
Diogo Cão
Portuguese navigator
Francisco Barreto
Portuguese soldier
Álvaro Fernandes
Portuguese explorer
Martin E. Johnson
American adventurer and photographer
Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer
Nathaniel P. Langford
American explorer and conservationist
Luis Vaez de Torres
Spanish navigator

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