This is a list of maritime explorers. The list includes explorers which had contributed, and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet's geography, weather, biodiversity, human cultures, the expansion of trade, or established communication between diverse populations...
Ocean explorers
See also
References and notes
- ^ The numbers indicate the number of exploratory voyages. A ship sailing from port through familiar seas does not start exploring until terra incognita is sighted, or a new sea is sailed confirming the lack of land — as in the case of James Cook's second voyage, when he could confirm that the Terra Australis land mass did not exist in the regions of the Southern Ocean that he sailed.
- ^ Newfoundland then part of the British Empire
- ^ Estonia - then part of the Russian Empire
- ^ Indicates a voyage
- ^ Sailed for the Russian Empire
- ^ In some sources Spanish
- ^ In some sources Spanish
