Famous Explorers

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

James Cook, Roald Amundsen, Edmund Hillary and Yuri Gagarin had the spirit of adventure to explore land, ocean and space. This topic covers the age of exploration, and voyaging, famous explorers, and Kupe’s discovery of New Zealand. SCIS No. 1831898

technology, social_sciences, history, english, arts, Māori

Image: Biography of Joseph Banks

Joseph Banks

Biography of Joseph Banks

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: James Cook stamp

James Cook stamp

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Place names: Abel Tasman

Place names by Abel Tasman

Place names: Abel Tasman

Radio New Zealand

Image: Tasman, Abel Janszoon

Abel Janszoon Tasman

Tasman, Abel Janszoon

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Marc Joseph Marion du Fresne

Marion du Fresne, Marc Joseph

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Tapa whenua – naming places

Tapa whenua – naming places: Traditions and place names from Polynesia

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Maui

Maui

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

William Colenso

Biography of William Colenso

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Dieffenbach’s account of New Zealand

Dieffenbach’s account of New Zealand

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Cook’s map of New Zealand, 1773

Cook’s 1773 map of New Zealand

Cook’s map of New Zealand, 1773

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Amy Johnson

AMY JOHNSON (Hutt News, 04 May 1932)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Woman in space

Woman in space

Radio New Zealand

Image: The Men Who Reached The South Pole

Captain Roald Amundsen and his companions

The Men Who Reached The South Pole

Auckland Libraries

Image: Geological sketch map of the Province of Canterbury New Zealand

Julius Haast’s geological sketch map of Canterbury

Geological sketch map of the Province of Canterbury New Zealand

Auckland Libraries

Image: Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Alexander Turnbull Library

Kupe

First peoples in Māori tradition: Framework of the traditions

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Photographer unknown: Ernest Henry Shackleton

Ernest Henry Shackleton

Photographer unknown: Ernest Henry Shackleton

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Head and shoulders portrait of Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

Head and shoulders portrait of Roald Amundsen

Alexander Turnbull Library

World explorers

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Zheng He

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Famous explorers

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Edmund Hillary

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Jacques Cousteau

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Tracks

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Vasco da Gama

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Image: Captains Cook Chart of New Zealand

The discovery of New Zealand

Captains Cook Chart of New Zealand

Auckland Libraries

Image: Fossils collected by Hochstetter

Fossils collected by Ferdinand von Hochstetter

Fossils collected by Hochstetter

Auckland Libraries

Image: Charles Heaphy

Charles Heaphy

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Robert Falcon Scott in his den, Antarctica

Captain Robert Scott

Robert Falcon Scott in his den, Antarctica

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 3 April, 2008

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 3 April, 2008

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: ‘Maui’

Maui

‘Maui’

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Kupe - The Discoverer

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Explorers

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World explorers

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Tupaia

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