English > navigator: 3 senses > noun 3, person | Meaning | In earlier times, a person who explored by ship. |
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| Instances | Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balboa | Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) |
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| Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring | Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) |
| Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato | Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) |
| Cartier, Jacques Cartier | French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) |
| Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo, Cristobal Colon | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) |
| Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook | English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) |
| Davys, John Davys, Davis, John Davis | English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605) |
| Dias, Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) |
| Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake | English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) |
| Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher | English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient |
| Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert | English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) |
| Gray, Robert Gray | American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) |
| Hudson, Henry Hudson | English navigator who discovered the Hudson River |
| Magellan, Ferdinand Magellan, Fernao Magalhaes | Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain |
| Tasman, Abel Tasman, Abel Janszoon Tasman | Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659) |
| Vancouver, George Vancouver | English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798) |
| Verrazano, Giovanni da Verrazano, Verrazzano, Giovanni da Verrazzano | Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) |
| Vespucci, Amerigo Vespucci, Americus Vespucius | Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America |
| da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma | Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 |
| Narrower | Ponce de Leon, Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493 |
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| Broader | explorer, adventurer | someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) |
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| Spanish | navegante |
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