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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Thomas Batton
 Great BritainNavigator
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
 PortugalPortuguese navigator
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Lope de Aguirre
 DiveConquistador of Basque origin
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Hovard Blackbern
 CanadaThe Fingerless Sailor Who Crossed the Atlantic Twice Alone
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John Franklin
Canada English navigator, Arctic explorer, rear admiral.
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William Keeling
Great Britain English navigator and captain of the East India Company
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John Biscoe
Great Britain English Antarctic navigator
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Diogo Dias
Portugal Portuguese navigator and discoverer of lands
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Diogo Gomes
Portugal Portuguese navigator and explorer
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Louis Bernico
 FranceFamous sailor-yachtsman
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Jan La Perouse
France French navigator
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James Lancaster
Great Britain English navigator
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Jovanni Veraccano
 ItalyNavigator, discovered New York Harbor
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John Bayron
Great Britain Grandfather of the famous poet, discoverer of new lands and naval commander
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Dinis Dias
Portugal 15th century Portuguese navigator
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Alvize Cadamosto
Italy Venetian navigator-adventurer, discovered the Cape Verde Islands
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Amerigo Vespucci
Italy Italian navigator. Both Americas bear his name.
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Hendrik Brouwer
 NetherlandsDutch navigator, admiral and 8th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
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Etien Marshan
France French navigator
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Gaspar Corte-Real
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Sven Yrvind
 SwedenSwedish engineer, writer, inventor and navigator
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Jovanny Cabot
Italy Italian navigator
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William Baffin
Great Britain English navigator
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Nicholay Dreyer
 LithuaniaRussian navigator, captain of the patrol ship "Svyatogor".
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Vladimir Rusanov
 RussiaArctic Explorer
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James Cook
Great Britain English 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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Robert Gray
 USANavigator
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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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Ferdinand Magellan
Portugal Portuguese navigator (made the first trip around the world)
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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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George Vancouver
Great Britain English navigator and explorer
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Jacob Le Maire
 BelgiumDutch navigator
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Yakob Roggeveen
Netherlands Dutch navigator
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Humphrey Gilbert
Great Britain English navigator
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Harry Pigen
USA The Lone Sailor
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Edvard Holm Johannesen
 NorwayNorwegian navigator.
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Tommi Dreik
USA Lone navigator, descendant of the famous pirate
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Pedro de Kiros
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Jan Fransua de Survil
France French navigator
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Diego Kan
 SpainNavigator
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Henry Gudzon
Great Britain English navigator, Arctic explorer
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Willem Barentsz
Netherlands Dutch navigator and explorer
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Joao Zarco
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Christopher Columbus
Spain Spanish traveler, navigator and colonialist.
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Diogo Cao
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Jan Fransua de La Peruza
France Navigator
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Vasko Da Gama
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Eduard Belcher
Great Britain Head of the rescue expedition to find McClure
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John Cabot
Italy Italian and French navigator and merchant
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