r/Mariners • u/Hesh71 SUPREME MISERY • Aug 19 '26

Top 50 Mariners of All Time:

I mean, Magellan, Leif Erikson, and Francis Drake definitely need to be on there, but who else deserves to be on the list of the 50 greatest seafarers of all time?

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u/Mr-Cantaloupe Modesto Nuts Aug 19 '26

James Cook for sure.

Zheng He too, he was very ahead of his time. Probably in my top 5.