Subtopic 1: Early Italian Explorers
– Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1185–1252)
– Lancelotto Malocello (1269–1335)
– Niccolò and Maffeo Polo (c. 1230 – c. 1294, c. 1230 – c. 1309)
– Giovanni da Verrazzano (1484–1527)
– Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512)
Subtopic 2: Italian Explorers in the Age of Discovery
– Antonio Pigafetta (1491–1530)
– Marco Polo (c. 1253–1323)
– Andrea Corsali (1487–?)
– Antonio da Noli (1418–1496)
– Eusebio Kino (1645–1711)
Subtopic 3: Notable Italian Explorers from the 19th and 20th Centuries
– Umberto Nobile (1885–1978)
– Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà (1852–1905)
– Ardito Desio (1897–2001)
– Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933)
– Alessandro Malaspina (1754–1810)
Subtopic 4: Modern Italian Explorers and Adventurers
– Reinhold Messner (born 1944)
– Michele Pontrandolfo (born 1971)
– Emanuele Piloti
– Enrico de Tonti (1649–1704)
– Alfonso de Tonti (1659–1727)
Subtopic 5: Contributions and Legacy of Italian Explorers
– Matteo Ricci (1552–1610)
– Vadino Vivaldi (fl. 1291)
– Ugolino Vivaldi (fl. 1291)
– Andrea Doria (1466–1560)
– Important role of Italian explorers in early maritime history.
