We are explorers: extraordinary women who discovered the world

Maria Sibylla Merian, Germany, artist and ecologist

Jeanne Baret, France, sailor and botanist

Sacagawea, U.S., guide and interpreter

Marianne, North, England, U.K., plant hunter and artist

Isabella Bird, Scotland, U.K., photographer and travel writer

Alexandrine Tinn©♭, the Netherlands, desert explorer

Josephine Peary, U.S., polar traveler

Nellie Bly, U.S., investigative journalist

Alexandra David-N©♭el, Belgium/France, pilgrim and author

Freya Stark, U.K./Italy, desert explorer and travel writer

Jean Batten, New Zealand, aviator and record-breaker

Sylvia Earle, U.S., marine biologist and ocean explorer

Junko Tabei, Japan, mountaineer and environmentalist

Mae Jemison, U.S., astronaut, engineer and doctor

Map of the world

Hall of fame

Glossary.