Female explorers

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

Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858)

Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904)

Dutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869)

Dutch solo sailor

Australian sailor

Spanish conquistador and soldier

Basque explorer, adventurer, soldier, explorer, memorialist, authorized by Pope Urban VIII to dress like a man

Moroccan astronomer and researcher

Icelandic explorer

Russian spiritual philosopher, occult writer, theosophist (1879—1955)

French archaeologist, explorer and writer (1851–1916)

Swedish explorer, rally driver and writer (1905-1938)

Russian explorer and geographer (1843-1893)

Canadian adventurer (1906-1996)

French-American explorer, filmmaker, and diver

Australian writer

Spanish aviator

French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)

New Zealand yacht racer

Swiss adventurer and writer

Zambia-born South African explorer and mountaineer

Bangladeshi mountain climber

French geographer and explorer

First Belgian woman to travel from East to West of central Africa.

Australian sailor (born 1954)

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

French explorer (1794–1832)

French explorer and writer (1819-1883)

British adventurer, explorer, writer and filmmaker

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Canadian explorer (1870–1956)

grandmother of Louis Riel, and the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in what is now Western Canada (1780-1875)

French explorer and sculptor (1890-1984)

French journalist, writer, traveller and motorcyclist

French philologist, linguist, archaeologist (1901-1941)