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.

Willem Barentsz

Dutch navigator and explorer

Pedro-Alvaresh Cabral

Portuguese navigator

Dutch navigator

Hendrik Brouwer

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

A remarkable Russian sailor and scientist

Italian and French navigator and merchant

Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese navigator (made the first trip around the world)

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.

Portuguese navigator

James Lancaster

English navigator

British Arctic navigator

Portuguese navigator

Portuguese navigator and explorer

Alvaro Mendana de Neira

Spanish navigator, discovered a number of islands in Oceania

Portuguese navigator

Lope de Aguirre

Conquistador of Basque origin

Christopher Columbus

Spanish traveler, navigator and colonialist.

Alvize Cadamosto

Venetian navigator-adventurer, discovered the Cape Verde Islands

English Antarctic navigator

Portuguese navigator and discoverer of lands

Vasiliy Golovnin

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

English navigator, Arctic explorer

The Lone Sailor

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

Gaspar Corte-Real

Portuguese navigator

George Vancouver

English navigator and explorer

Vladimir Rusanov

Arctic Explorer

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.

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer, navigator and privateer

Bartolomeu Diash

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

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

Dutch navigator who discovered New Zealand

Portuguese navigator

Swedish engineer, writer, inventor and navigator

Humphrey Gilbert

English navigator

Pedro Alvares Cabral

Portuguese navigator

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

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

Navigator, leader of the first French expedition around the world

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Conquistador and navigator

Jan Fransua de Survil

French navigator

Famous sailor-yachtsman

French navigator

Lone navigator, descendant of the famous pirate

William Keeling

English navigator and captain of the East India Company

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian navigator. Both Americas bear his name.

French navigator

Nicholay Dreyer

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