List of explorations
This is a list of some of the most important explorations of State Societies, in chronological order:
Before 1400
| Exploration | When | Who |
| Northwest African coast | about 500 BC | Hanno the Navigator |
| The Mediterranean Sea | 5th century BC | Himilco the Navigator |
| Around western Europe to Thule Island | about 330 BC | Pytheas of Marseilles |
| Hawaiian Islands | By c. 800 | Hawaiʻiloa |
| Greenland, Iceland, and Faroes | 900 | Gunnbjörn Ulfsson |
| Americas | 999 | Leif Ericson |
| Brazil - controversial | c. 14th century CE | Abu Bakr II |
| Sahelian kingdoms | 1351–1354 | Ibn Battuta |