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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George Vancouver
 Great BritainEnglish navigator and explorer
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Zheng Zhilong
 ChinaChinese merchant and navigator, pirate and admiral of the Ming Empire
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Christopher Columbus
 SpainSpanish traveler, navigator and colonialist.
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John Franklin
 CanadaEnglish navigator, Arctic explorer, rear admiral.
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Louis Bernico
 FranceFamous sailor-yachtsman
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Diogo Cao
 PortugalPortuguese navigator
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Otto Kotzebu
 RussiaA remarkable Russian sailor and scientist
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
France Navigator, leader of the first French expedition around the world
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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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Nils Nordensheld
 SwedenSwedish 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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Pedro-Alvaresh Cabral
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Humphrey Gilbert
Great Britain English navigator
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Gaspar Corte-Real
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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James Cook
Great Britain English navigator
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Nicholay Dreyer
 LithuaniaRussian navigator, captain of the patrol ship "Svyatogor".
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Jovanni Veraccano
 ItalyNavigator, discovered New York Harbor
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William Baffin
Great Britain English navigator
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Eduard Belcher
Great Britain Head of the rescue expedition to find McClure
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Pier Legran
Filibuster
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Pedro de Kiros
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Jacob Le Maire
 BelgiumDutch navigator
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Zhak Cartie
France French navigator
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Ferdinand Magellan
Portugal Portuguese navigator (made the first trip around the world)
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Joao Vaz Corte Real
Portugal Portuguese navigator.
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Sven Yrvind
Sweden Swedish engineer, writer, inventor and navigator
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Tommi Dreik
 USALone navigator, descendant of the famous pirate
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Jan La Perouse
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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John Biscoe
Great Britain English Antarctic navigator
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Jan Fransua de Survil
France French navigator
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Robert McClur
Great Britain British Arctic navigator
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Joao Zarco
Portugal Portuguese navigator
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Thomas Batton
Great Britain Navigator
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Vladimir Rusanov
Russia Arctic Explorer
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Estevao Da Gama
Portugal Portuguese navigator and military leader, governor of Portuguese India in 1540-1542.
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Vasiliy Golovnin
Russia A talented scientist and writer, a gifted naval theorist of the 1820s.
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Edvard Holm Johannesen
 NorwayNorwegian navigator.
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Thomas Cavendish
Great Britain English explorer, navigator and privateer
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Jan Fransua de La Peruza
France Navigator
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William Keeling
Great Britain English navigator and captain of the East India Company
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James Lancaster
Great Britain English navigator
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Lope de Aguirre
 DiveConquistador of Basque origin
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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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Dinis Dias
Portugal 15th century Portuguese navigator
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Hendrik Brouwer
 NetherlandsDutch navigator, admiral and 8th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
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Harry Pigen
USA The Lone Sailor
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Diogo Dias
Portugal Portuguese navigator and discoverer of lands
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Willem Barentsz
Netherlands Dutch navigator and explorer
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Diego Kan
Spain Navigator
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