List of explorations


This is a list of some of the most important explorations of State Societies, in chronological order:

Before 1400

ExplorationWhenWho
Northwest African coast about 500 BCHanno the Navigator
The Mediterranean Sea5th century BCHimilco the Navigator
Around western Europe to Thule Islandabout 330 BCPytheas of Marseilles
Hawaiian IslandsBy c. 800Hawaiʻiloa
Greenland, Iceland, and Faroes900Gunnbjörn Ulfsson
Americas 999Leif Ericson
Brazil - controversialc. 14th century CEAbu Bakr II
Sahelian kingdoms1351–1354Ibn Battuta