English admiral by the English recognized as a hero and explorer who circumnavigated Earth. Whereas for the Spaniards he was a pirate and an adventurer. He helped defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was the most famous sailor of the Elizabethan era.
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A Venetian merchant and traveler. Together with his father and uncle, he arrived in China, wandering the Silk Road. His colorful travels were written in a book known as “Describing the World” by Rustichello of Pisa while Marco Polo was in captivity in prison after losing the naval battle between Venice and Genoa.
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Italian sailor, traveler and navigator. Captain of an expedition of three ships: “Santa Maria”, “Nina” and “Pinta” under the Castile flag in search of the western sea route to East Asia. It was the first expedition in the history of modern geographical discoveries that reached America on October 12, 1492.
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Portuguese Sailor, discoverer and captain of the expedition, which drifted in 1488 to waters of the Indian Ocean. He discovered the Cape of Good Hope – the farthest point in the south of Africa.
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Under his wings, the famous Portuguese sailors were discovering further areas of the west coast of Africa, although he did not sail. He contributed to the establishment of the University of Lisbon – the largest research center in the region and was the founder of the world’s first marine academy in Sagres. The father of Portuguese geographical discoveries.
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Portuguese sailor in the Spanish service, discoverer and sea traveler. On September 20, 1519, he set out from Spain on the western route, that is through the Atlantic Ocean, to the Spice Islands in the Malay Archipelago. He died on April 27, 1521, killed by the inhabitants of the island of Mactan in the Philippine Archipelago. The expedition under his command first circumnavigated Earth.
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The Portuguese explorer who first reached by sea from Europe to India. Thanks to the subsequent expeditions and conquests on the African and Asian continent, it has enabled Europeans to trade freely with southern Asia.
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English sailor and explorer, cartographer and astronomer. In the years 1768-1780 he organized and directed three research expeditions around the world. He explored the coasts of New Zealand, Australia, North America and Antarctica. He died during the third trip in Hawaii.
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French sailor and navigator. The expedition under his command tried to find a new way to Asia through North America but instead discovers Canada and the river of St. Lawrence.
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Italian merchant, navigator and sea traveler. He participated in the Pinzon’s expedition during which the mouth of the Amazon was discovered. Vespucci’s letters with colorful descriptions of the known lands gave him notoriety greater than Christopher Columbus. From his name, the new continent was called America. He explored much of the east coast of South America. He described the discovery of the rivers Rio de Janeiro and the Rio de la Plata as well as Patagonia and South Georgia.
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