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| Name | Nationality | Century | Main area/s explored |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Páez | Spanish | 16th/17th | Ethiopia |
| Mungo Park | British | 18th/19th | west Africa (Niger River) |
| William Parry | British | 19th | Arctic |
| Robert Peary | American | 19th/20th | Arctic |
| Paul Pelliot | French | 19th/20th | central Asia |
| Duarte Pacheco Pereira | Portuguese | 15th | Atlantic Ocean, Brazil |
| Bartolomeu Perestrelo | Portuguese | 15th | Madeira Islands |
| Juan Pérez | Spanish | 18th | Pacific Northwest |
| Auguste Piccard | Swiss | 20th | Earth's atmosphere, the deep sea |
| Jacques Piccard | Swiss | 20th | the deep sea |
| Zebulon Pike | American | early 19th | Louisiana Purchase (United States) |
| Alonso Alvarez de Pineda | Spanish | early 16th | Gulf Coast |
| Serpa Pinto | Portuguese | 19th | southern Africa |
| Fernão Mendes Pinto | Portuguese | 16th | India, Far East, Japan |
| Martin Alonzo Pinzón | Spanish | 15th | Caribbean |
| Vicente Yáñez Pinzón | Spanish | 15th/16th | Caribbean, Brazil |
| Luís Pires | Portuguese | 15th | abortive voyage to Brazil |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish | 16th | Hispaniola, Panama, Peru |
| Fernão do Pó | Portuguese | 15th | west African coast |
| Marco Polo | Venetian | 13th/14th | China, Mongol Empire |
| Juan Ponce de León | Spanish | 15th/16th | Florida |
| Peter Pond | American | 18th/19th | Canadian interior |
| Gaspar de Portolà | Spanish | 18th | Alta and Baja California |
| Panayotis Potagos | Greek | 19th | Africa |
| John Wesley Powell | American | 19th | western United States |
| Gavriil Pribylov | Russian | 18th | Pribilof Islands |
| Nathaniel Hale Pryor | American | 19th | western United States |
| Nikolai Przhevalsky | Russian | 19th | central Asia |
| Pytheas | ancient Greek | 4th BC | northern Europe |
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