EXPLORER HALL OF FAME We used a variety of criteria to choose the explorers in our Hall of Fame. Our criteria included the most interesting explorers in a time period and explorers recommended by adults. We included explorers whose explorations helped people learn more about places in the world. Explorers that made an impact on the world were also chosen to be part of the Hall of Fame. We believe that these are the most important explorers of the Millennium.

NEW! Roald Amundsen	Explored polar regions; led first expedition to South Pole
Neil Armstrong	First man on the moon
Daniel Boone	Explored America
Richard Byrd	Explored polar regions
John Cabot	Explored east coast of Canada
Samuel de Champlain	Explored Canada and future site of Quebec
Christopher Columbus	Explored West Indies, one of first European explorers of North America
James Cook	Explored Australia
NEW! Vasco da Gama	Found the sea route to India
Sir Francis Drake	Explored North and South America
Leif Eriksson	First European to reach North America may have helped Christianize Greenland
Henry Hudson	Explored upper Canada
Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle	Claimed Mississippi Basin
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark	Explored Loiusiana Territory and Oregon Territory
Charles Lindbergh	Flew across Atlantic Ocean
David Livingstone	Explored Africa
Ferdinand Magellan	First to sail around the world
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet	First Americans to explore Mississippi River
Marco Polo	Explored Asia and the territory of Kublai Khan
Valentina Tereshkova	First woman in space
Amerigo Vespucci	America is named after him

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