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.

George Vancouver

English navigator and explorer

Christopher Columbus

Spanish traveler, navigator and colonialist.

Portuguese navigator

Portuguese navigator

Portuguese navigator and explorer

Jan Fransua de Survil

French navigator

Willem Barentsz

Dutch navigator and explorer

Lope de Aguirre

Conquistador of Basque origin

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

English navigator, Arctic explorer, rear admiral.

Lone navigator, descendant of the famous pirate

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

Navigator, leader of the first French expedition around the world

Dutch navigator who discovered New Zealand

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer, navigator and privateer

A remarkable Russian sailor and scientist

Portuguese navigator

Pedro Alvares Cabral

Portuguese navigator

Italian and French navigator and merchant

Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese navigator (made the first trip around the world)

Gaspar Corte-Real

Portuguese navigator

Estevao Da Gama

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

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

French navigator

Henrih Moreplavotel

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

Pedro-Alvaresh Cabral

Portuguese navigator

Dutch navigator

James Lancaster

English navigator

Bartolomeu Diash

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

The Lone Sailor

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Conquistador and navigator

French navigator

English navigator, Arctic explorer

English navigator

Alvize Cadamosto

Venetian navigator-adventurer, discovered the Cape Verde Islands

Hendrik Brouwer

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

Joao Vaz Corte Real

Portuguese navigator.

Yakob Roggeveen

Dutch navigator

English navigator

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.

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian navigator. Both Americas bear his name.

Famous sailor-yachtsman

Jovanni Veraccano

Navigator, discovered New York Harbor

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

Portuguese navigator and discoverer of lands

British Arctic navigator

Vladimir Rusanov

Arctic Explorer

Portuguese navigator