Famous Navigators
A tribute to the great Portuguese navigators
Links to navigators
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Vasco da Gama
- Portuguese navigator who discovered a sea route from Europe to
India in 1497 - 1498.
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Ferdinand Magellan - Portuguese navigator who was the first to
circumnavigate the world in 1519 - 1522.
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Christopher Columbus - Italian navigator, sailing for Spain, who
discovered the American continent in 1492.
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Bartholomeu Dias - Portuguese navigator who discovered that Africa
actually ended in a cape in 1488.
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Pedro Alvares Cabral - Portuguese navigator who discovered
Brazil on his journey to India in 1500.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa - Spanish navigator who was first to
see the Pacific Ocean at the Panama canal in 1513.
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Henry the Navigator
- Portuguese navigator who was responsible for European
worldwide exploration in 1415.
