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The following is a list of
French people known as
explorers.
Before 1500
16th century
17th century
18th century
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Jeanne Baré (
circumnavigation)
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Nicolas Baudin (
Indian Ocean,
Australia)
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Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (
North America)
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Louis Blanchette (North America)
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Joseph Hugues Boissieu La Martinière (
Pacific Ocean)
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville (
circumnavigation)
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Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (North America)
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Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean)
- Pierre Carré de Luzançay (Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean)
- Pierre Céloron de Blainville (North America)
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Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu (oceans,
New Guinea)
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Philibert Commerson (circumnavigation, Indian Ocean)
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Victor de Compiègne (Central Africa)
- Julien Crozet (Indian Ocean,
Antarctic)
- Joachim Darquistade (South America)
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Michel Dubocage (Pacific Ocean)
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Abraham Duquesne-Guitton (Australia)
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Louis Feuillée (
Antilles, South America)
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Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle (Pacific Ocean)
- Alexandre d'Hesmivy d'Auribeau (Pacific Ocean)
- Louis de l'Isle (Siberia, North America)
- Jean Gilbert Nicomède Jaime (West Africa)
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Charles Marie de La Condamine (South America)
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Charles Joseph Lambert (Egypt, Sudan)
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Jean-François de La Pérouse (Pacific Ocean)
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Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (South America)
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Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz (North America)
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Lazare Picault (Indian Ocean)
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Jean-François-Marie de Surville (Pacific Ocean)
19th century
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Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (
Ethiopia)
- Alexandre d'Albéca (
Bénin)
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Jacques Arago (
circumnavigation)
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Léonie d'Aunet (
Spitsbergen)
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Francis Barrallier (
Australia)
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Paul Du Chaillu (
Central Africa,
Scandinavia)
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Ferdinand de Béhagle (Central Africa)
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Joseph René Bellot (
Arctic)
- Paul Blanchet (
Sahara)
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Jules de Blosseville (Arctic)
- Charles Eudes Bonin (
East Asia)
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Aimé Bonpland (
South America)
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Gabriel Bonvalot (
Central Asia,
Tibet)
- Ismaël Bou Derba (Sahara)
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Édouard Bouët-Willaumez (
West Africa)
- Jules Braouezec (West Africa, Central Africa)
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René Caillié (West Africa)
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Frédéric Cailliaud (
Egypt,
Sudan,
Ethiopia)
- Ernest Carette (
Algeria)
- Edmond Caron (
West Africa)
- Jean Chaffanjon (South America, Central Asia)
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Camille de Roquefeuil (circumnavigation,
Pacific Ocean)
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Désiré Charnay (
Mexico)
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Alfred Le Chatelier (Africa)
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Henri Coudreau (South America)
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Paul Crampel (Central Africa)
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Jules Crevaux (South America)
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Armand David (East Asia)
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Louis Delaporte (
Southeast Asia)
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Georges Destenave (West Africa, Central Africa)
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Ernest Doudart de Lagrée (Southeast Asia)
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Francis Garnier (Southeast Asia)
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Pierre-Médard Diard (Southeast Asia)
- Albert Dolisie (Central Africa)
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Ernest Doudart de Lagrée (Southeast Asia)
- Camille Douls (
North Africa)
- Jean Duchesne-Fournet (Ethiopia)
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Jules Dumont d'Urville (Pacific Ocean, Antarctic)
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Louis Isidore Duperrey (Pacific Ocean)
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Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars (Pacific Ocean)
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Paul Flatters (Sahara)
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Charles de Foucauld (North Africa)
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Fernand Foureau (Africa)
- Alfred Fourneau (Central Africa)
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Louis de Freycinet (Pacific Ocean)
- Joseph Paul Gaimard (Arctic)
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Émile Gentil (Central Africa)
- Henri Grout de Beaufort (West Africa)
- Charles Guillain (East Africa, Indian Ocean)
- Jules Harmand (Southeast Asia)
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Xavier Hommaire de Hell (Russia, Iran)
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Évariste Huc (China, Mongolia)
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François-Joseph-Amédée Lamy (Africa)
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Jean-Baptiste Marchand (Africa)
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Parfait-Louis Monteil (Africa)
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Joseph Nicollet (North America)
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Auguste Pavie (Southeast Asia)
20th century
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