The Famous People: Explorers ClipArt gallery includes 134 portraits of explorers, conquistadores, and other adventurers.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) of Devon in England was a half-brother of Sir Walter…
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 - 9 September 1583) was an English murderer, adventurer, explorer, member…
General Greely
(1844-1935) Explorer and soldier who volunteered in the Civil War and lead an expedition to the Artic.
Elisha Kent Kane
(1820-1857) A medical officer in the United States Navy and a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue…
La Salle
La Salle, a famous French adventurer who navigated the Mississippi down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Sieur René-Robert Cavelier La Salle
(1643-1687) French explorer in America who named Louisiana after Louis XIV.
Robert La Salle
A celebrated explorer, born in Rouen, France, Nov. 22, 1643; assassinated March 19, 1687. In 1669 he…
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774–October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public…
Ferdinand Magellan
A Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for both Portugal and Spain. He was the first to sail from Europe…
Ferdinand Magellan
(1480-1521) Portuguese explorer who led the expedition to cicrumnavigate the Earth.
John Muir
(1838-1914) American geologist, naturalist, explorer, and one of the first preservationists.
Adolf Erik Nordenskjold
A Swedish naturalist and explorer, born in Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 18, 1832; died Aug. 12, 1901.…
Robert Peary
An American explorer who is usually credited as the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic…
Robert E. Peary
(1856-1920) "An American Arctic explorer, famed as the discoverer of the North Pole." -Foster, 1921
Robert E. Peary
An American explorer who claimed to have been the first person to reach the geographic North Pole.
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
An American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was named after.
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer…
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de León (1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish conquistador. He accompanied Christopher Columbus…
![Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh[1] (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorer.](https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/62500/62593/62593_w-raleigh_mth.gif)
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh[1] (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier,…
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier,…
James Robertson
James Robertson (June 28, 1742–September 1, 1814) was a North Carolina farmer and explorer of the…
![A Spanish explorer who was a companion of Hernan Cortes. Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497, Medellín, Spain – late in 1528, Palos de la Frontera, Spain) was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain (Mexico)[1]:50 and briefly co-governor of the colony while Hernán Cortés was away from the capital (March 2, 1527 to August 22, 1527). He was the youngest of the lieutenants of Cortés.](https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/25200/25227/sandoval_25227_mth.gif)
Gonzalo de Sandoval
A Spanish explorer who was a companion of Hernan Cortes. Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497, Medellín, Spain…
John Smith
An eminent explorer and founder of Virginia, born in Willoughby, England, in January, 1579; died in…
Hernando de Soto
A Spanish explorer and conquistador who was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi…
