Famous seafarers
explorer, sailor, or trader cruising the seas and oceans
57 people
Christopher Columbus
1451
– 1506
· Age 55
Deceased
Ferdinand Magellan
1480
– 1521
· Age 41
Deceased
James Cook
1728
– 1779
· Age 50
Deceased
Vasco da Gama
1469
– 1524
· Age 55
Deceased
Jacques Cartier
1491
– 1557
· Age 65
Deceased
Leif Erikson
0972
– 1020
· Age 48
Deceased
Abel Tasman
1603
– 1659
· Age 56
Deceased
Vitus Bering
1681
– 1741
· Age 60
Deceased
Pedro Álvares Cabral
1467
– 1520
· Age 53
Deceased
Willem Barents
1550
– 1597
· Age 47
Deceased
Henry Hudson
1565
· Age 461
Alive
Afonso de Albuquerque
1452
– 1515
· Age 63
Deceased
Juan Sebastián Elcano
1476
– 1526
· Age 49
Deceased
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
1778
– 1852
· Age 73
Deceased
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
1729
– 1811
· Age 81
Deceased
William Dampier
1651
– 1715
· Age 64
Deceased
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
1741
– 1788
· Age 46
Deceased
H
Hanno the Navigator
John Davis
1550
– 1605
· Age 55
Deceased
Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke
1797
– 1882
· Age 84
Deceased
L
Luís Vaz de Torres
1565
· Age 461
Alive
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
1530
– 1592
· Age 61
Deceased
Vasily Golovnin
1776
– 1831
· Age 55
Deceased
Louis de Freycinet
1779
– 1841
· Age 62
Deceased
Cornelis de Houtman
1565
– 1599
· Age 34
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q12038843