| Name | Christopher Columbus • Vasco da Gama • Ferdinand Magellan • René-Robert Cavelier • Captain James Cook |
| Occupation | |
| Motivations | Colonization • Charting South America • Religious reasons • Treasure hunting • Wealth and new islands |
| Nationality | |
| Explorations | New World for Ireland • South America • First circumnavigation • Mississippi River discovery • Pacific Ocean explorations |
