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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• Richard Lemon Lander (1804-1834)
• Jean François La Pérouse, (1741-1788), French explorer of the Pacific
• René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, (1643-1687), French explorer of the Mississippi basin
• João Fernandes Lavrador (15th century/16th century Portuguese explorer of North America)
• Albert von Le Coq, (1860-1930), German explorer of Central Asia
• Miguel López de Legaspi, Spanish explorer of the Philippines and Mexico
• Ludwig Leichhardt, (1813-1848), Prussian explorer of Australia
• Gaspar de Lemos (15th century/16th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic and of the sea route to Brazil)
• Dragutin Lerman, (1863-1918), Croatia, (Congo, Africa)
• Meriwether Lewis, (1774-1809), leader of the first American expedition to cross the continent
• David Livingstone, (1813-1873), Scottish explorer of south and east Africa, determined the course of the Zambezi, discovered Lake Nyasa