GREAT SEAFARING EXPLORERS (1400-1600)

Name	Nationality	Summary of Seafaring
Zheng He @ Cheng Ho	Chinese Muslim	Number : 7 Date : 1405 – 1433 Number of Ships : 41 – 317 Number of Men : 27,550 – 30,000 Claim to Fame : Led the world’s earliest extensive naval expeditions, visiting 37 countries from Asia to East Africa.
Christoper Columbus	Italian Born(sailed for Spain)	Number : 4 Date : 1492 – 1504 Number of Ships : 3 – 17 Number of Men : 104 – 1,200 Claim to Fame : First European to explore the Americas.
Vasco Da Gama	Portuguese	Number : 3 Date : 1497 – 1524 Number of Ships : 4 – 14 Number of Men : 171 Claim to Fame : Discovered the sea route from Europe to India, by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
Ferdinand Magellan	Portuguese	Number : 1 Date : 1519 – 1522 Number of Ships : 5 Number of Men : 270 Claim to Fame : Led the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Francis Drake	English	Number : 9 Date : 1567 – 1596 Number of Ships : 2 – 30 Number of Men : 166 Claim to Fame : When not battling Spain, he led the second global circumnavigation and explored the west coast of North America and the Pacific