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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• George Vancouver, (1757-1798), British Royal Navy captain; explored the Pacific coast of North America, naming many locations in the Pacific Northwest.
• Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (1685-1749), French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer, explored Western Canada
• Gonçalo Velho (15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic islands)
• Giovanni da Verrazano, (died 1528), sea explorer
• Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continents
• Ruy López de Villalobos. Spanish; explored the Pacific and the Philippines, which he named after Philip II of Spain
• Willem de Vlamingh (1640-?). Flemish/Dutch captain; in 1696 and 1697 he charted the coast of northwest Australia.