Who's your favorite explorer/adventurer?

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>El Draque
>Philip the 2nd offered the equivalent of 6.5 million dollars for his head
>second only to Black Sam in the wealth hierarchy of pirate kings
>burned the spanish armada
>raided new world colonies and feared the length of the spanish coast
>probably fucked elizabeth

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Pic related. Utterly epic, got to the Pacific *AND* Arctic overland long before Lewis and Clark ever thought of the idea.

>>33917
yours tbqhaf

Ok I'll be honest I know more about more recent history of exploration. Here's my list. In no particular order. Favorite doesn't mean "I think he was the best professional."
>19th century:
1. Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873) -
2. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
3. Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)
4. Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
5. Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862)

>20th century:
1. Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)
2. Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)
3. George Mallory (1886-1924)
4. Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)
5. Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)


Plus lots and lots of badasses like Tom Crean who deserve recognition but I tried to stick to the leaders. Not a Brit but I like their tradition of great explorers. Naturally the best climbers were Reinhold Messner and Jerzy Kukuczka.

Jack motherfucking Churchill

Oh, and the astronauts. But I don't know if they count.

Roy Andrews. He really doesn't get enough recognition.

>>37347
Nice to see an American explorer who didn't turn out to be a liar or a dick like Cook, Peary or Lindberg.

Sven Hedin

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>>33917
"Mad" Mike Hoare
>led a commando batallion during the Simba Rebellion
>helped rescue hostages from Stanleyville
>spent 3+ years sailing around the world with his family
>lead a coup attempt in the Seychelles
>jailed for hijacking a jet to get away from the failed coup
>started taking applications for his next mercenary group while he was still in prison, got thousands of applications
>was a chartered accountant

>>34508
this

and Stanley.

>>34508

This dude lived a fucking life.

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Zheng He was pretty neat.

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>>33917
only real answer

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Messner a shit

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Buzz

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Despite being the biggest dick of the Conquistadors, Pizzaro makes up for it by being a fucking beast.

>>39982
One of the Mercury said they weren't explorers but test pilots.