The Most Famous
EXPLORERS from Egypt
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Explorers of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Cosmas Indicopleustes (600 - 550)
With an HPI of 67.91, Cosmas Indicopleustes is the most famous Egyptian Explorer. His biography has been translated into 34 different languages on wikipedia.
Cosmas Indicopleustes (Koinē Greek: Κοσμᾶς Ἰνδικοπλεύστης, lit. 'Cosmas who sailed to India'; also known as Cosmas the Monk) was a merchant and later hermit from Alexandria in Egypt. He was a 6th-century traveller who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian. His work Christian Topography contained some of the earliest and most famous world maps. Cosmas was a pupil of the East Syriac Patriarch Aba I and was himself a follower of the Church of the East.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Egyptian explorers born between 600 and 600. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Egyptian explorers include Cosmas Indicopleustes. As of April 2024, 1 new Egyptian explorers have been added to Pantheon including Cosmas Indicopleustes.
