Verrazano, Hudson
Many explorers were not from Spain. For example, the Vikings, some of the first explorers, were from Greenland. In addition, Portugal also invested heavily in explorers like Vasco De Gama.
Captain James Cook.
This site will have a listing and a brief bio of some of the famous colonial figures from New Jersey. http://colonialhall.com/stockton/stockton.php
Ponce De Leon was the first to step in Florida.
Sir George Carteret, and John Lord Berkely.
Henry Hudson
Some famous explorers in south dakota are lewis and clark
famous explores from utah
Some famous explorers are Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, David Thompson and Henry Hudson.
Sacagawea
kit carson
marco polo
James cook
Most of them lived in eithe Portugal or Spain and some in England. There were also Dutch and Italian explorers.
James Le tort
Robert E. Peary
ray Chapman Andrews