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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad ibn Fadlan | Abbasid Caliphate | 10th | Eastern Europe, Middle East, Russia, Scandinavia |
| Edmund Fanning | American | 18th/19th | Oceania |
| Ibn Farrukh | Andalusian | 10th | Atlantic Ocean, Canary islands |
| Percy Harrison Fawcett | British | 20th | Amazon Rainforest |
| Sir Ranulph Fiennes | British | 20th/21st | Arctic, Antarctica |
| Álvaro Fernandes | Portuguese | 15th | west African coast |
| Baltazar Fernandes | Portuguese | 17th | Brazil |
| Duarte Fernandes | Portuguese | 16th | Thailand |
| Salvador Fidalgo | Spanish | 18th | Pacific Northwest |
| Matthew Flinders | British | 18th/19th | Australia, Tasmania |
| Alexander Forbes | British | 19th | California |
| John Franklin | British | 19th | Northwest Passage |
| John C. Frémont | American | 19th | Oregon Trail, Sierra Nevada |
| Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne | French | 18th | Oceania |
| Louis de Freycinet | French | 19th | western Australia, Oceania |
| Martin Frobisher | English | 16th | Northwest Passage, Canada |
| Juan de Fuca | Greek-Spanish | 16th | Strait of Juan de Fuca, Canada – United States border |
| Xu Fu | Chinese | 3rd century BC | Japan |
| Vivian Fuchs | British | 20th | Antarctica |
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