James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
explorer, From Middlesbrough, Explorer of Australia, Royal Navy, endeavour, MeRchAnT NavY…Kingdom of Great Britain, Pacific Ocean, ExplorerofthePacific, Fellow of the Royal Society, Explorer of British Columbia
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan

male, deceased (1521)
cebu, Cebu Province, circumnavigation, strait of magellan, mactan island, Spice Islands…ExplorerofthePacific, Battle of Mactan, Expatriate in the Philippines, explorer, Age of Discovery
Ferdinand Magellan ; Spring 1480-April 27, 1521, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines) was a Portuguese-born maritime explorer who, at the service of...
Francis Drake

Francis Drake

male, deceased (1596)
pirate, civil engineer, ducats, Philip II, buried at sea, Royal Navy admiral…16th-century explorer, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, explorer, ExplorerofthePacific
Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 - January 27 1596) was an English privateer, navigator, slave trader, politician and civil engineer of...
Abel Tasman

Abel Tasman

male, deceased (1659)
dutch, Explorer of Australia, ExplorerofthePacific, expedition, explorer, Exploration…Pacific Islands, sea explorer
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - October 10 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. He is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in...
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

male, deceased (1592)
spanish conquistador, Solomon Islands, atlantic ocean, spanish, ExplorerofthePacific, lima…Explorer of South America
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spanish explorer, author, historian, astronomer, scientist, and humanist. Sarmiento was born in Pontevedra in...

Luis Váez de Torres

male
galicia, iberian peninsula, iberian, spanish conquistador, spanish, manila…Explorer of Australia, pacific, explorer, ExplorerofthePacific, Pacific Ocean
Luis Váez de Torres was a 17th century Iberian maritime explorer serving the Spanish Crown, noted for the first recorded navigation of the strait w...
Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes

male, deceased (1877)
ExplorerofthePacific, Geographer, american civil war, United States Navy admiral, Explorer of Antarctica, Columbia University alumni…explorer, Pacific expedition
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 - February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. He is particularly noted for his 1838-1842 Pacific...
Juan Sebastián Elcano

Juan Sebastián Elcano

male, deceased (1526)
Primus circumdedisti me, Gipuzkoa, spanish conquistador, circumnavigate, spanish, algiers…explorer, Pacific Ocean, Basque explorer, Battle of Mactan, Kingdom of Castille
Juan Sebastián Elcano (Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Kingdom of Castille, 1476 - Pacific Ocean, August 4 1526) was a Spanish explorer, who completed the f...

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

male, deceased (1614)
El Capitan Pedro Fernández de Quir, espiritu santo, spanish conquistador, Spanish conquistadore, spanish, explorer…ExplorerofthePacific
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, also known in Spanish as Pedro Fernández de Quirós, and who used the title of El Capitan Pedro Fernández de Quir when...
George Vancouver

George Vancouver

male, deceased (1798)
From King's Lynn, Canadian, Royal Navy, From Norfolk, explorer, Explorer of North America…Explorer of Canada, Explorer of British Columbia, ExplorerofthePacific
Captain George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 - May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America,...