Christopher Columbus31 October 1451
Marco Polo1254 AD
Amerigo Vespucci09 March 1454
Discoverer of South America
John Cabot1450 AD
Explorer
Giovanni da Verrazzano1485 AD
Explorer
Reinhold Messner17 September 1944
Explorer, Politician, Writer, Mountaineer
Antonio Pigafetta1491 AD
Scholar
Matteo Ricci06 October 1552
explorer, cartographer, writer, missionary,
Andrea Doria30 November 1466
Condottiero
Eusebio Kino10 August 1645
Jesuit, Missionary, Geographer, Explorer,
Walter Bonatti22 June 1930
Mountaineer, Explorer, Photographer, Mountain
Freya Stark31 January 1893
Explorer
Giovanni Battista Belzoni05 November 1778
Explorer, Antiquarian, Egyptologist,
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza26 January 1852
Explorer
Achille Compagnoni26 September 1914
Explorer, Biathlete, Ski mountaineer
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi29 January 1873
Mountaineer
Umberto Nobile21 January 1885
Explorer, Aerospace engineer, Politician, Military
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine1185 AD
Diplomat
Odoric of Pordenone1286 AD
Missionary
Scipione Borghese01 September 1577
Italian Cardinal, art collector
Henri de Tonti1649 AD
Soldier
Alvise Cadamosto1432 AD
Explorer
Ardito Desio18 April 1897
Explorer
Pietro della Valle02 April 1586
Composer
Romolo Gessi30 April 1831
Soldier
Giuseppe Castiglione19 July 1688
painter, missionary, draughtsperson, engraver
Pellegrino Matteucci12 October 1850
Explorer
Giovanni da Verrazano1485 AD
Explorer
Carlo Piaggia04 January 1827
Explorer
Lodovico de Varthema1470 AD
Traveler
Giovanni de' Marignolli1290 AD
Explorers
Luigi Robecchi-Bricchetti21 May 1855
Explorer
Niccolò de' Conti1395 AD
Merchant