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List of Sea Explorers

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:

Leif Eriksson, a norse viking discovered America some 500 years before Columbus, calling part of it Vinland
Cheng Ho explored much of Asia and Africa.
Christopher Columbus, discovered America
Amerigo Vespucci, discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continent
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan, discovered the Pacific Ocean
Abel Tasman
James Cook
Bartolomeu Dias
Samuel de Champlain
Luis Vaez de Torres
Henry Hudson
Giovanni da Verrazano

See also polar explorers and land explorers, explorers.

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