"navigator" | Definition and Related Words

navigator

Noun

The ship's officer in charge of navigation (synset 110565985)
is a type of: officer, ship's officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

same as: sailing master
The member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course (synset 110368096)
is a type of: aircrewman - a member of an aircrew

subtypes: astrogator - the navigator of a spacecraft
In earlier times, a person who explored by ship (synset 110367614)
is a type of: adventurer, explorer - someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

subtypes: juan ponce de leon, ponce de leon - Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521)
specific instances:
- balboa, vasco nunez de balboa - Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
- behring, bering, vitus behring, vitus bering - Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
- cabot, giovanni cabato, john cabot - Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
- cartier, jacques cartier - French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
- christopher columbus, columbus, cristobal colon, cristoforo colombo - Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
- captain cook, captain james cook, cook, james cook - English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
- da gamma, gamma, vasco da gamma - Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
- davis, davys, john davis, john davys - English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
- bartholomeu dias, bartholomeu diaz, dias, diaz - Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
- drake, francis drake, sir francis drake - English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
- frobisher, sir martin frobisher - English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
- gilbert, humphrey gilbert, sir humphrey gilbert - English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
- gray, robert gray - American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
- henry hudson, hudson - English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)
- ferdinand magellan, fernao magalhaes, magellan - Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)
- abel janszoon tasman, abel tasman, tasman - Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)
- george vancouver, vancouver - English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
- giovanni da verrazano, giovanni da verrazzano, verrazano, verrazzano - Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528)
- americus vespucius, amerigo vespucci, vespucci - Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)

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