callings of the archive
Explorer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as explorer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Early Modern era
Hernando de Soto
c. 1500 – May 21, 1542
Spanish explorer and conquistador
Early Modern era
Francisco de Coronado
1510 – September 22, 1554
Spanish explorer of the American southwest
Medieval era
Giovanni da Verrazzano
1485 – 1528
Florentine explorer of North America for France
Early Modern era
Abel Tasman
1603 – October 10, 1659
Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
Early Modern era
Vitus Bering
August 5, 1681 – December 8, 1741
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
Early Modern era
Mungo Park
September 11, 1771 – 1806
Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent
Early Modern era
John Franklin
April 16, 1786 – June 11, 1847
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
Modern era
Isabella Bird
October 15, 1831 – October 8, 1904
British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)
Modern era
Gertrude Bell
July 14, 1868 – July 12, 1926
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
Modern era
Percy Fawcett
August 18, 1867 – 1925
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
Modern era
Jacques Piccard
July 28, 1922 – November 1, 2008
Swiss oceanographer (1922–2008)
Modern era
Sylvia Earle
b. August 30, 1935
American oceanographer
Modern era
George Mallory
June 18, 1886 – June 9, 1924
English mountaineer (1886-1924)
Modern era
Reinhold Messner
b. September 17, 1944
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
Modern era
Junko Tabei
September 22, 1939 – October 20, 2016
Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
Modern era
Alexandra David-Neel
October 24, 1868 – September 8, 1969
French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer