Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

male, deceased (1506)
new world, Italian, from Genoa, colonialist, cristoforo colombo, Pinta…European colonization of the Americas, discoverer of the Americas, Crown of Castillo, AgeofDiscovery, Explorer of Central America
Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, 1451 - May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures...
Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama

male, deceased (1524)
Count of Vidigueira, dom, Portuguese, AgeofDiscovery, Portuguese explorer, kochi…Explorer of Africa, Portugal in the Age of Discovery, Explorer of Asia
Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ((Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca. either 1460 or 1469 - December 24, 1524 in Kochi, India)...
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan

male, deceased (1521)
cebu, Cebu Province, circumnavigation, strait of magellan, mactan island, Spice Islands…Explorer of the Pacific, Battle of Mactan, AgeofDiscovery
Ferdinand Magellan ; Spring 1480-April 27, 1521, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines) was a Portuguese-born maritime explorer who, at the service of...
John Cabot

John Cabot

male, deceased (1498)
Roman Catholic, Genoese, from Genoa, matthew, genoa, Jean Cabot…AgeofDiscovery, Explorer of Canada
Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450 - c.1498), known in English as John Cabot, and in French as Jean Cabot, was a Genoese navigator and explorer commonly...
Pedro Álvares Cabral

Pedro Álvares Cabral

male, deceased (1520)
Sancho de Tovar, Sailor, Beira, Portugal, ARMS, navigator, AgeofDiscovery…King of Portugal, Explorer of South America
Pedro Álvares Cabral, pron. in Portuguese pronunciation, in Brazilian pronunciation, was a Portuguese navigator and explorer, generally regarded a...

Gines de Mafra

male
geography, AgeofDiscovery, spanish, Explorer of the Pacific, Explorer of Asia, explorer
Ginés de Mafra was a Spanish explorer who explored the Philippine Islands in the 16th century. De Mafra was also a member of Ferdinand Magellan a...

Juan Ponce de León

male, deceased (1521)
death by poisoning, Fountain of Youth, spanish conquistador, Florida colonial, moorish, AgeofDiscovery…Governor of Puerto Rico
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460 - July 1521) was a Spanish conquistador. He was born in Santervás de Campos (Valladolid). As a young man he joined th...
Philippa Of Lancaster

Philippa Of Lancaster

male, deceased (1415)
Women of medieval Portugal, Women of medieval England, Daughters of duke, Crown of Castile, peter, Queen consort…AgeofDiscovery, order of the garter, House of Lancaster, King of Portugal, Ladies of the Garter
Philippa of Lancaster, LG (31 March, 1360 - July 19, 1415) was an English princess, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (a son of...

Francisco Serrão

male, deceased (1521)
Sultan Bayan Sirrullah, Maluku, Maluku Islands, AgeofDiscovery, Spice Islands, malacca
Francisco Serrão was a Portuguese explorer, and a cousin or personal friend of Ferdinand Magellan. His 1512 voyage was the first known European s...
Maximilianus Transylvanus

Maximilianus Transylvanus

male, deceased (1538)
Juan Sebastian Elcano, flemish, augsburg, sixteenth century, circumnavigation, belgian…AgeofDiscovery, Charles I, King of Spain
Maximilianus Transylvanus (Transilvanus, Transylvanianus), also Maximilianus of Transylvania and Maximilian (Maximiliaen) von Sevenborgen (ca....