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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• Alfons Gabriel, (1892-1976) Austrian explorer of the Iranian deserts.
• Yuri Gagarin first man in Space and Cosmonaut
• Juan Galindo (1802-1839) explorer of Central American ruins
• Estevão da Gama (16th century Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean)
• Paulo da Gama (15th century Portuguese explorer of the sea route to India)
• Vasco da Gama, (1469?-1524), Portuguese navigator, first to reach India from Europe by sea route in 1498
• Thomas Gann, explorer
• Francis Garnier, (1839-1873), Mekong River
• Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, (1685-1749), explorer
• Romolo Gessi ( (1831, 1881)), Italian explorer of the Nile and of Sudan
• Ernest Giles, (1835-1897), explorer of central Australia
• André Gonçalves (15th century Portuguese explorer of the sea route to Brazil)
• Antão Gonçalves (15th century Portuguese explorer of the West African coast)
• Lopes Gonçalves (15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic)
• James Augustus Grant, (1827-1892), Scottish officer and explorer, explored the eastern equatorial Africa
• João Grego (15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast)
• Juan de Grijalva