This document provides brief summaries of the voyages and accomplishments of several famous explorers including Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando Cortes, Ferdinand Magellan, Francisco Coronado, Henry Hudson, Robert La Salle, and James Cook. Each explorer's entry includes where they sailed from, key places explored or discovered, and in some cases what happened to them.