Leif Eriksson and the Vikings
Erik the Red and his son Leif brave raging seas in open boats.
Marco Polo
He left Venice on a long trip but never guessed it would last 24 years.
Vasco da Gama
His amazing feats of navigation impress seagoing men to this very day.
Ferdinand Magellan
The ship – alas! not the man – was the first to circumnavigate the globe, and what a story it makes!
Captain James Cook
Not one, not two, but three voyages into the great unknown bring valuable new lands into England’s domain.