Explorers of Asia

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)

Xuanzang (; ; 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of his journey to the Indian subcontinent in 629–645, his efforts to bring at least 657 Indian texts to China, and his translations of some of these texts. He was only able to translate 75 distinct sections of a total of 1,335 chapters, but his translations included some of the most important Mahayana scriptures.

British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)

Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman (1453–1515)

Turkish traveler and writer (1611–1682)

Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

10th-century Arab traveller and ethnographer

Roman Catholic archbishop and traveller (1182–1252)

Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer

Russian cossack explorer and pirate

French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer

Russian explorer and scientist

Jewish explorer and writer

16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor

Portuguese nobleman and soldier

Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)

Russian explorer

6th-century Greek traveller and merchant

Nearchus or Nearchos (; – 300 BC) was one of the Greek officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated expeditionary voyage starting from the Indus River, through the Persian Gulf and ending at the mouth of the Tigris River following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 326–324 BC.

Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858)

German botanist (1651–1716)

14th-century Italian Franciscan friar, missionary, and explorer

German mathematician, botanist, cartographer and explorer in Danish service (1733–1815)

Portuguese explorer and writer (1509–1583)

Russian explorer and orientalist (1835-1920)

Italian explorer and composer (1586-1652)

Portuguese explorer and diplomat

Venetian merchant

Persian geographer and astronomer

Russian scientist (1711-1755)

British travel writer (1893-1993)

Spanish traveller and writer

Spanish explorer (1500-1546)

Russian explorer

British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

Spanish Basque explorer

Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator

French explorer (1633–1667)

Russian explorer

Galician explorer, Navigator and Politician

Russian explorer

Russian explorer (1863–1935)

French Navy officer (1839-1873)

Czech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944)

Portuguese explorer

Dutch orientalist (1857–1936)

Russian naturalist and traveler (1844-1873)

Italian explorer

Ming dynasty translator, voyager and writer

Portuguese explorer

Greek navigator and geographer

Dutch explorer, navigator and colonial administrator (1581–1643)

Portuguese knight (c. 1450 – 1500)

Portuguese explorer