Explorers of Asia

Russian explorer

French naturalist and explorer (1794–1863)

Portuguese explorer

Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

Spanish diplomat and traveller (1550-1624)

Portuguese pilot and captain and Spanish explorer

Swedish entomologist (1892–1978)

German ethnologist, naturalist and explorer (1816–1900)

Chinese explorer

Danish travel writer and explorer (1896–1948)

Austrian travel writer and geographer (1894–1975)

Portuguese explorer

German explorer and scientist (1853–1885)

ruler of Portuguese India as governor

Russian Arctic explorer

Spanish explorer

Portuguese explorer

Russian merchant and explorer

Russian explorer (1694-1724)

Iraqi traveler, journalist and author, who mastered over 17 languages

Russian admiral-explorer

German librarian (1839–1913)

18th century Scottish doctor and traveller (1691-1780)

Portuguese explorer

Russian hydrographer

French explorer (1842–1925)

Spanish navigator (d. 1545) credited with the sighting and naming of the Volcano Islands, sometimes credited with naming the Philippines, and sometimes miscredited with discovery of the Bonins

English merchant and writer

English civil servant and explorer (1878-1915)

Portuguese explorer

Dutch ethnographer and physicist (1864–1953)

Russian general (1867–1937)

Russian explorer (1610-1658)

Russian geodesist and cartographer

Prussian linguist, explorer and lecturer of XIXth century, specialised in Central Asia cultures

Portuguese explorer

Yishiha (; also rendered as Išiqa and Isiha; Jurchen: 60px ) (fl. 1409–1451), sinicized name Yi Xin (易信), was a Jurchen eunuch of the Ming dynasty of China. He served the Ming emperors who commissioned several expeditions down the Songhua and Amur Rivers during the period of Ming rule of Manchuria, and is credited with the construction of the only two Ming dynasty Buddhist temples ever built on the territory of present-day Russia.

Venetian explorer

traveller and writer, wife of Thomas Wiltlam Atkinson (1817-1893)

Czech writer

Canadian medical doctor, Protestant missionary, and Tibetan explorer (1868–1908)

Russian ornithologist

Portugal diplomat

Dutch explorer and photographer (1850–1885)

Arab navigator

Portuguese explorer

Spanish explorer

Spanish explorer and mathematician

Portuguese explorer

Portuguese adventurer

French explorer and botanist (1833-1911)

Portuguese nobleman, soldier (military officer), explorer, fidalgo of the Royal Household

British explorer and naturalist (1885-1954)

Indian explorer

British explorer (1878–1962)

academic (1845-1927)

British explorer and adventurer