This is a list of maritime explorers. The list includes explorers which had contributed, and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet's geography, weather, biodiversity, human cultures, the expansion of trade, or established communication between diverse populations...
^The numbers indicate the number of exploratory voyages. A ship sailing from port through familiar seas does not start exploring until terra incognita is sighted, or a new sea is sailed confirming the lack of land — as in the case of James Cook's second voyage, when he could confirm that the Terra Australis land mass did not exist in the regions of the Southern Ocean that he sailed.
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This is a list of maritime explorers The list includes explorers which had contributed and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet s geography weather biodiversity human cultures the expansion of trade or established communication between diverse populations Ocean explorers editNationality Sailed for Name First voyage of exploration Last voyage of exploration Arctic 1 North Atlantic Indian Pacific South Atlantic Southern Portuguese Portugal de Abreu Antonio 1507 1512 Portuguese Portugal de Albuquerque Afonso 1503 Portuguese Portugal de Alenquer Pero 1487 1488 Portuguese Portugal de Almeida Francisco Portuguese Portugal Alvares Jorge Portuguese Portugal de Azambuja Diogo Portuguese Portugal de Barcelos Pero Newfoundlander 2 United States Bartlett Robert Estonian 3 Russia von Bellingshausen Fabian Gottlieb 4 Danish 5 Russia Bering Vitus French France de Bougainville Louis Antoine English Britain Byron John Italian England Cabot John Italian England and Aragon Cabot Sebastian Portuguese Portugal Cabral Pedro Alvares Portuguese 6 Spain Cabrilho Joao Rodrigues Venetian Portugal Cadamosto Alvise Portuguese Portugal Caminha Alvaro Portuguese Portugal de Caminha Pero Vaz Portuguese Portugal Cao Diogo French France Cartier Jacques 1534 English England Cavendish Thomas 1586 1588 French France de Champlain Samuel Portuguese Portugal Coelho Goncalo Portuguese Portugal Coelho Nicolau Italian Spain Columbus Christopher English Britain Cook James 1768 1771 1776 1779 3 1 Portuguese Portugal Corte Real Gaspar Portuguese Portugal Corte Real Miguel Portuguese Portugal da Cunha Tristao English England Dampier William English England and Netherlands Davis John Russian Russia Dezhnev Semyon Portuguese Portugal Dias Bartolomeu Portuguese Portugal Dias Dinis Portuguese Portugal Dias Diogo Portuguese Portugal Dias Pero Portuguese Portugal do Po Fernao English England Drake Francis 1577 1581 1577 1581 1 1 1 Portuguese Portugal Eanes Gil Norwegian Norse Erik the Red Icelandic Norse Ericson Leif Portuguese Portugal Escobar Pedro Portuguese Portugal Fernandes Alvaro English Britain Flinders Matthew English England Frobisher Martin Portuguese Portugal da Gama Estevao Portuguese Portugal da Gama Paulo Portuguese Portugal da Gama Vasco 1497 1499 1524 English England and Ireland Gilbert Humphrey Russian Russia Golovnin Vasily Portuguese Portugal Goncalves Andre Portuguese Portugal Goncalves Antao Portuguese Portugal Goncalves Lopes Portuguese Portugal Grego Joao English England Hudson Henry Portuguese Portugal Infante Joao Baltic German Russia von Kotzebue Otto Baltic German Russia and Britain Kruzenshtern Ivan Fedorovich French France de Laperouse Jean Francois de Galaup comte Portuguese Portugal and England Lavrador Joao Fernandes Russian Russia and Britain Lazarev Mikhail Petrovich Portuguese Portugal de Lemos Gaspar Russian Russia Litke Fyodor Petrovich Portuguese Spain and Portugal Magellan Ferdinand Dutch Netherlands le Maire Jacob Portuguese Portugal Martins Alvaro Portuguese Portugal Mascarenhas Pedro Spanish Spain de Mendana Alvaro 1567 1569 Genoese Portugal Noli Antonio Portuguese Portugal de Noronha Fernao Galician Portugal da Nova Joao French France Paulmyer Binot Portuguese Portugal Pereira Duarte Pacheco Portuguese Portugal Perestrelo Bartolomeu German Denmark and Hamburg Pining Didrik Portuguese Portugal Pinto Fernao Mendes Portuguese Portugal Pires Luis Portuguese Spain de Queiros Pedro Fernandes Portuguese Portugal Rodrigues Diogo Portuguese Portugal de Santarem Joao Dutch Netherlands Schouten Willem Irish Britain Shackleton Ernest Portuguese Portugal Silves Diogo Portuguese Portugal de Sintra Pedro Portuguese 7 Spain Soromenho Sebastiao Rodrigues Portuguese Portugal de Sousa Martim Afonso Dutch Netherlands Tasman Abel Portuguese Portugal Teixeira Tristao Vaz Portuguese or Spanish Galician Spain de Torres Luis Vaez Portuguese Portugal Tristao Nuno English Britain Vancouver George Portuguese Portugal Vaz Corte Real Joao Portuguese Portugal Velho Goncalo Italian France da Verrazzano Giovanni Italian Spain and Portugal Vespucci Amerigo English Britain Wallis Samuel Baltic German Russia Wrangel Ferdinand Petrovich Portuguese Portugal Zarco Joao Goncalves Chinese China Three Kingdoms Period of China Kang Tai 300 Chinese China Three Kingdoms Period of China Zhu Ying 300 Chinese China Yuen Dynasty Wang Dayuan 1330 Chinese China Ming Dynasty Zheng He 1405 1431 Chinese China Ming Dynasty Ma Huan 1413 Chinese China Ming Dynasty Fei Xin 1409 See also edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp Oceans portal nbsp Lists portal Explorer Polar explorer List of Italian explorers List of Russian explorers Timeline of maritime migration and explorationReferences and notes edit The numbers indicate the number of exploratory voyages A ship sailing from port through familiar seas does not start exploring until terra incognita is sighted or a new sea is sailed confirming the lack of land as in the case of James Cook s second voyage when he could confirm that the Terra Australis land mass did not exist in the regions of the Southern Ocean that he sailed Newfoundland then part of the British Empire Estonia then part of the Russian Empire Indicates a voyage Sailed for the Russian Empire In some sources Spanish In some sources Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of maritime explorers amp oldid 1219107500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
