Great Explorers

This section of OceanWave Sail is dedicated to the most remarkable Sea Explorers that have made history around the world..

It contains a more in-depth information about their history,  crew and characteristics in general of such adventurous individuals.

It is a section that is constantly expanded, week after week, to provide as much information and details as possible to those curious about the history of the seas and their people.

Just click on any of the  tabs below to get to the relevant Explorer, and enjoy it!
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Cristoforo Colombo

Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean

Cristoforo Colombo

Opened the way for the European exploration of the Americas
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Vasco da Gama

Portuguese explorer and first European to reach India by sea.

Vasco da Gama

One of the most famous and celebrated explorers
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Zheng He

Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch

Zheng He

Zheng commanded seven expeditionary treasure voyages
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Francis Drake

English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician

Francis Drake

Best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition
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Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese explorer that led the Spanish expedition to the East Indies

Ferdinand Magellan

Discovered the interoceanic passage bearing his name
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Vitus Bering

A Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service

Vitus Bering

Sailed as an officer in the Russian Navy
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Diogo de Azambuja

Also called Diego de Azambuja

Diogo de Azambuja

A Portuguese noble and sea explorer
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João Fernandes Lavrador

A Portuguese explorer of the late 15th century

João Fernandes Lavrador

A Portuguese explorer with little information of his life
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Robert Bartlett

A Newfoundland-born American Arctic explorer

Robert Bartlett

Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

A Russian naval officer, cartographer and explorer

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Rose to the rank of admiral
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Fei Xin

A member of the Ming dynasty admiral Zheng

Fei Xin

Also considered the author of a book on Chinese ships
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Kang Tai

A Chinese traveller in the middle of the third century

Kang Tai

Known for his travels to Southeast Asia
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Ma Huan

Accompanied Admiral Zheng He on three of his seven expeditions

Ma Huan

Chinese voyager and translator
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Wang Dayuan

Chinese traveller of the Yuan dynasty

Wang Dayuan

from Quanzhou in the 14th century
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Giovanni da Verrazzano

An Italian (Florentine) explorer of North America

Giovanni da Verrazzano

At the service of King Francis I of France
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Matthew Flinders

A British navigator and cartographer

Matthew Flinders

Led the first circumnavigation of mainland Australia
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James Cook

A British explorer and cartographer and captain

James Cook

Famous for his three voyages in the Pacific. Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia
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John Byron

A British Royal Navy officer and explorer

John Byron

He earned the nickname "Foul-Weather Jack"
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John Davis

One of the chief navigators of Queen Elizabeth I of England

John Davis

He discovered the Falkland Islands in August 1592
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Thomas Cavendish

An English explorer and a privateer

Thomas Cavendish

Known as "The Navigator"
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Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

A Spanish navigator and discoverer

Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

Known for two of the earliest recorded expeditions across the Pacific
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Sebastiano Caboto

An Italian and Venetian explorer

Sebastiano Caboto

He sailed for England and Spain
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Giovanni Caboto

The earliest-known European exploration of coastal North America

Giovanni Caboto

An Italian navigator and explorer
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Henry Hudson

English sea explorer and navigator

Henry Hudson

Known for his explorations of present-day Canada
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Samuel Wallis

A British naval officer and explorer

Samuel Wallis

He served under John Byron
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Luís Vaz de Torres

Maritime explorer of a Spanish expedition

Luís Vaz de Torres

First European navigation of the strait between Australian and New Guinea
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William Dampier

An English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist

William Dampier

The first to circumnavigate the world three times
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Martin Frobisher

An English seaman and privateer

Martin Frobisher

Made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage
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George Vancouver

A British Royal Navy officer

George Vancouver

Explored and charted North America's north-western Pacific Coast
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Humphrey Gilbert

An English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament

Humphrey Gilbert

Served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
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Francisco de Almeida

Known as the Great Dom Francisco

Francisco de Almeida

A Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer
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António de Abreu

A 16th-century Portuguese navigator

António de Abreu

Participated in the conquest of Ormus and Malacca
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Afonso de Albuquerque

A Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman

Afonso de Albuquerque

Served as viceroy of Portuguese India
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Jorge Álvares

He was a Portuguese explorer

Jorge Álvares

The first European to have reached China by sea
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Pêro de Alenquer

A 15th-century Portuguese explorer

Pêro de Alenquer

He was the pilot of Vasco da Gama's flagship
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