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The era of European sea explorations began in the late 15th century and lasted for a little more than three full centuries.This is a list of notable sea explorers:
- Louis Antoine de Bougainville, first French circumnavigator
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, the second person to circumnavigate Antarctica
- John Byron
- John Cabot
- Sebastian Cabot
- Jacques Cartier
- Thomas Cavendish
- Samuel de Champlain
- Didrik Pining, discovered AmericaThe Americas (sometimes referred to as America is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. The term also usually includes the Caribbean, the islands 20 years before Columbus
- Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus ( 1451 1— May 20, 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492 under the flag of Castilian Spain. He believed that the earth was a relatively small sphere, and argued that a ship cou, (re)discovered AmericaThe Americas (sometimes referred to as America is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. The term also usually includes the Caribbean, the islands
- James CookJames Cook ( October 27, 1728 February 14, 1779) was a British explorer and navigator. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, in which its main shorelines were discovered. Cook was also a map maker. Introduction Cook was born in Marton in Cleveland,, explorer of the Pacific OceanFor other meanings of pacific see pacific (disambiguation). The Pacific Ocean (from the Spanish Pacifico meaning peaceful is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179. 7 million km² (69. 4 mill and polar regions
- William DampierWilliam Dampier ( August, 1651 March, 1715) was a controversial English explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of New Holland ( Australia) and New Guinea. Dampier was born near Yeovil. After var
- John DavisJohn Davis is the name of several persons: John Davis (1550?-1605), an English navigator and explorer. Sir John Francis Davis, second Governor of Hong Kong. John Davis (1787-1854), Governor of the U. state the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Davis, the Dem
- Bartolomeu DiasBartolomeu Dias turning the Cape of Good Hope Bartolomeu Dias (Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz ( 1450 May 29, 1500) was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to do so since ancient times. Dias wa
- Francis DrakeSir Francis Drake (c. 1540 January 28, 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, naval hero, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan period. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, from 1577 to 1580. In 1579, he landed in north
- Leif Ericson, a Norse viking discovered America some 500 years before Columbus, calling part of it Vinland
- Martin Frobisher
- Vasco da Gama
- Humfry Gilbert
- Henry Hudson
- Ferdinand Magellan, performed the first voyage of circumnavigation
- Jacob Le Maire
- Alvaro de Mendaña
- Binot Paulmyer
- Pedro Fernandez de Quiros
- Willem Schouten
- Abel Tasman, discoverer of Tasmania and New Zealand
- Luis Vaez de Torres
- George Vancouver
- Giovanni da Verrazano
- Amerigo Vespucci, discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continent
- Samuel Wallis , discoverer of Tahiti
- Zheng He explored much of Asia and Africa.
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