– Early French Explorers:
– Jacques Cartier
– Samuel de Champlain
– Jacques Marquette
– Louis Jolliet
– Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
– Explorers in North America:
– Pierre-Esprit Radisson
– Sieur de La Salle
– Antoine Laumet de La Mothe
– Louis Hennepin
– Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
– Explorers in Africa:
– René Caillié
– René-Auguste Caillié
– Louis Gustave Binger
– René de Francis
– René Lesson
– Explorers in Asia:
– Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix
– Jean-Baptiste Louis Pigneau
– Jean-Baptiste Tardif
– Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau
– Jean-Baptiste Régis
– Explorers in the Pacific:
– Louis Antoine de Bougainville
– Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
– Jules Dumont d’Urville
– Abel Tasman
– Louis Isidore Duperrey
The following is a list of French people known as explorers.