List of Hungarian explorers.
List Life Portrait Name Main areas explored Description Friar JulianVolga Bulgaria, Bashkiria, Magna Hungaria Stephanus ParmeniusNorth AmericaHe was a Hungarian scholar and humanist poet who traveled to Oxford and became involved in the English exploration of the New World. He joined Humphrey Gilbert's expedition to North America with the intention of writing a chronicle of the voyage and its discoveries. Parmenius reached Newfoundland, likely becoming the first Hungarian in the New World. However, he died on the return voyage in 1583 when his ship was lost at sea.1746–1786Móric BenyovszkyNorthern Pacific OceanA Hungarian count, a military officer, adventurer, and writer. In 1769, while fighting for the Polish armies under the Bar Confederation, he was captured by the Russians and exiled to Kamchatka. He subsequently escaped and returned to Europe via Macau and Mauritius, arriving in France. In 1773, Benyovszky reached agreement with the French government to establish a trading post on Madagascar. Facing significant problems with the climate, the terrain, and the native Sakalava people, he abandoned the trading post in 1776. Benyovszky then returned to Europe, joined the Austrian Army and fought in the War of the Bavarian Succession. After a failed venture in Fiume (present-day Rijeka), he travelled to America and obtained financial backing for a second voyage to Madagascar. The French governor of Mauritius sent a small armed force to close down his operation, and Benyovszky was killed in 1786.1784–1842Sándor Kőrösi CsomaTibet1841–1916Florence BakerAfricaHungarian-born British explorer. With Samuel Baker they went in search of the source of the River Nile and found Lake Albert. She later returned to Africa with her husband to try and put down the slave trade.1845–1916Sámuel TelekiAfricaA Hungarian count, he led the first European expedition in northern Kenya discovering Lake Turkana, then Tanzania and Ethiopia. He was the first man to attempt climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, up to , and Mount Kenya, up to .1862–1943Aurel SteinCentral AsiaHungarian-born British explorer1867–1933György AlmásyDanube Delta, river Ili, Issyk Kul, Tien-SanA Hungarian Asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer. His son, László Almásy, was an aviator, Afrologist and soldier.1877–1933Franz NopcsaNorthern AlbaniaA Hungarian baron, adventurer, scholar, geologist, paleontologist and albanologist. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of paleobiology, and first described the theory of insular dwarfism. He was also a specialist on Albanian studies and completed the first geological map of northern Albania. The essay, first published on Elsie's website, is the basis for the "Introduction" to Nopcsa's memoirs titled Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer (2014) edited by Robert Elsie. 1895–1951 László AlmásyAfrica
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