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.
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Louis Bernico
 FranceFamous sailor-yachtsman
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Pedro-Alvaresh Cabral
 PortugalPortuguese navigator
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William Keeling
 Great BritainEnglish navigator and captain of the East India Company
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Christopher Columbus
 SpainSpanish traveler, navigator and colonialist.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Portugal Portuguese navigator (made the first trip around the world)
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Edvard Holm Johannesen
 NorwayNorwegian navigator.
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Lope de Aguirre
 DiveConquistador of Basque origin
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Gaspar Corte-Real
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Jovanni Veraccano
 ItalyNavigator, discovered New York Harbor
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Amerigo Vespucci
Italy Italian navigator. Both Americas bear his name.
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Pedro de Kiros
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Tommi Dreik
 USALone navigator, descendant of the famous pirate
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Marco Polo
Italy Italian traveler, one of the first Europeans to visit the countries of the East.
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Sven Yrvind
 SwedenSwedish engineer, writer, inventor and navigator
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James Cook
Great Britain English navigator
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George Vancouver
Great Britain English navigator and explorer
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William Baffin
Great Britain English navigator
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Joao Vaz Corte Real
Portugal Portuguese navigator.
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Vasiliy Golovnin
 RussiaA talented scientist and writer, a gifted naval theorist of the 1820s.
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Jan Fransua de La Peruza
France Navigator
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Harry Pigen
USA The Lone Sailor
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Willem Barentsz
 NetherlandsDutch navigator and explorer
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Vasko Da Gama
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Jan La Perouse
France French navigator
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Estevao Da Gama
Portugal Portuguese navigator and military leader, governor of Portuguese India in 1540-1542.
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John Franklin
 CanadaEnglish navigator, Arctic explorer, rear admiral.
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Pier Legran
Filibuster
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Vladimir Rusanov
Russia Arctic Explorer
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
France Navigator, leader of the first French expedition around the world
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John Cabot
Italy Italian and French navigator and merchant
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Yakob Roggeveen
Netherlands Dutch navigator
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Bartolomeu Diash
Portugal Portuguese navigator, the first European to circumnavigate Africa from the south; discovered the Cape of Good Hope
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John Biscoe
Great Britain English Antarctic navigator
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Dinis Dias
Portugal 15th century Portuguese navigator
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Henrih Moreplavotel
Portugal Portuguese prince - organizer of sea expeditions to explore and capture the northwest coast of Africa.
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Diogo Dias
Portugal Portuguese navigator and discoverer of lands
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Abel Tasman
Netherlands Dutch navigator who discovered New Zealand
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Diego Kan
Spain Navigator
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Alvize Cadamosto
Italy Venetian navigator-adventurer, discovered the Cape Verde Islands
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Jacob Le Maire
 BelgiumDutch navigator
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Eduard Belcher
Great Britain Head of the rescue expedition to find McClure
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Diogo Gomes
Portugal Portuguese navigator and explorer
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Spain Conquistador and navigator
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Zhak Cartie
France French navigator
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Alvaro Mendana de Neira
Spain Spanish navigator, discovered a number of islands in Oceania
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Zheng Zhilong
 ChinaChinese merchant and navigator, pirate and admiral of the Ming Empire
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Thomas Cavendish
Great Britain English explorer, navigator and privateer
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Etien Marshan
France French navigator
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Nils Nordensheld
Sweden 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.
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