List of explorers

:Expedition redirects here. See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. Also, see International Space Station for ISS explorers, and for the Ford Motor Company's large SUV, see Ford Expedition (especially replacing the Ford Excursion). For the science-fiction book, see Expedition (book).

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• Alexandra David-Néel, (1868-1969), French explorer, visited Lhasa, Tibet in 1924
• Semyon Dezhnev, Russian explorer, first European who sailed through Bering Strait
• Bartolomeu Dias, (1450-1500), Portuguese explorer who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope
• Dinis Dias, 15th century Portuguese explorer, first European to reach Cape Verde
• Diogo Dias (15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic islands, of the African coast and the Indian Ocean, discovered Madagascar)
• Pêro Dias (15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast)
• Bernal Díaz del Castillo
• David Douglas, Scottish explorer, botanist
• Sir Francis Drake, (c. 1540-1596), pirate, leader of the second circumnavigation
• Jules Dumont d'Urville, (1790-1842), explorer of the Pacific and Antarctica