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Famous explorers

Name a famous explorer. Hopdown accepts 299 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• Neil ArmstrongExtremely common
• Christopher ColumbusCommon
• Marco PoloCommon
• Yuri GagarinCommon
• Buzz AldrinUncommon
• Willem JanszoonUncommon
• Dirk HartogUncommon
• Luis Vaez de TorresUncommon
• Zheng HeUncommon
• Jacques CartierUncommon
• Samuel de ChamplainUncommon
• Juan Ponce de LeonUncommon
• Alexander von HumboldtUncommon
• Vasco Nunez de BalboaUncommon
• Amelia EarhartUncommon

Rare answers

• Mae JemisonRare
• Kit CarsonRare
• Freya StarkRare
• Jedediah SmithRare
• Simon FraserRare
• George BassRare
• Wiley PostRare
• John DavisVery rare
• Thomas CavendishVery rare
• William of RubruckVery rare
• Jean BattenVery rare
• Humphrey GilbertVery rare
• Adam Johann von KrusensternVery rare
• Afanasy NikitinVery rare
• Gaspar Corte-RealVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Isabelle EberhardtDeep cut
• Nobu ShiraseDeep cut
• Elisha Kent KaneDeep cut
• Ferdinand von WrangelDeep cut
• William MoorcroftDeep cut
• Robert SchomburgkDeep cut
• Duarte Pacheco PereiraDeep cut
• Wilhelm FilchnerDeep cut
• Al-MasudiDeep cut
• Richard SpruceDeep cut

Plus 259 more answers you'll have to find yourself.