Head-to-head
Explorers: Historical Comparisons
Explore 8 head-to-head comparisons between explorers, matched by era and by how close together they lived.
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Marco Polo vs Ibn Battuta
1254–1324 · 1304–1368/1369
Christopher Columbus vs Vasco da Gama
1451–1506 · c. 1460s–1524
Vasco da Gama vs Ferdinand Magellan
c. 1460s–1524 · 1480–1521
Fridtjof Nansen vs Roald Amundsen
1861–1930 · 1872–1928
Roald Amundsen vs Thor Heyerdahl
1872–1928 · 1914–2002
Thor Heyerdahl vs Alan Shepard
1914–2002 · 1923–1998
Alan Shepard vs Neil Armstrong
1923–1998 · 1930–2012
Neil Armstrong vs Mae Jemison
1930–2012 · born 1956