Seafarers

Discover a comprehensive list of renowned seafarers who have made significant contributions to maritime history and exploration. From renowned sailors like Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama to contemporary adventurers, this page showcases the lives and achievements of those who have braved the open seas.

Hovard Blackbern

The Fingerless Sailor Who Crossed the Atlantic Twice Alone

Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese navigator (made the first trip around the world)

Hendrik Brouwer

Dutch navigator, admiral and 8th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Bartolomeu Diash

Portuguese navigator, the first European to circumnavigate Africa from the south; discovered the Cape of Good Hope

Edvard Holm Johannesen

Norwegian navigator.

Nicholay Dreyer

Russian navigator, captain of the patrol ship "Svyatogor".

English navigator, Arctic explorer

Portuguese navigator

Pedro Alvares Cabral

Portuguese navigator

French navigator

Christopher Columbus

Spanish traveler, navigator and colonialist.

Italian traveler, one of the first Europeans to visit the countries of the East.

Chinese merchant and navigator, pirate and admiral of the Ming Empire

James Lancaster

English navigator

Head of the rescue expedition to find McClure

Willem Barentsz

Dutch navigator and explorer

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer, navigator and privateer

Alvize Cadamosto

Venetian navigator-adventurer, discovered the Cape Verde Islands

Grandfather of the famous poet, discoverer of new lands and naval commander

Gaspar Corte-Real

Portuguese navigator

Henrih Moreplavotel

Portuguese prince - organizer of sea expeditions to explore and capture the northwest coast of Africa.

Vasiliy Golovnin

A talented scientist and writer, a gifted naval theorist of the 1820s.

Dutch navigator who discovered New Zealand

Canadian police officer who crossed the Northwest Passage in reverse - from west to east in one navigation

Yakob Roggeveen

Dutch navigator

English Antarctic navigator

English navigator

Portuguese navigator

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian navigator. Both Americas bear his name.

Portuguese navigator and discoverer of lands

British Arctic navigator

Famous sailor-yachtsman

Estevao Da Gama

Portuguese navigator and military leader, governor of Portuguese India in 1540-1542.

Jan Fransua de Survil

French navigator

Lope de Aguirre

Conquistador of Basque origin

15th century Portuguese navigator

Jovanni Veraccano

Navigator, discovered New York Harbor

French navigator

Humphrey Gilbert

English navigator

English navigator

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Conquistador and navigator

English navigator, Arctic explorer, rear admiral.

George Vancouver

English navigator and explorer

Italian and French navigator and merchant

Nils Nordensheld

Swedish geologist, Arctic explorer, who in 1878-79 was the first to navigate the Northeast Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the steamship Vega.

Alvaro Mendana de Neira

Spanish navigator, discovered a number of islands in Oceania

French navigator