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1995 Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62
1937 Fred L Noonan, U.S. navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean 1933 Jacques Molicard, translator and navigator 1922 Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist 1895 Buster [Joseph F] Keaton, actor, Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr 1879 WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 1872 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies 1820 WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral 1791 Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska 1774 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer, coast Australia 1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies 1659 Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, New Zealand), dies at about 56 1659 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator, Easter Island 1642 New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman 1627 Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56 1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold 1599 Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35 1596 Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java) 1595 John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63 1593 Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61 1575 Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer, Hudson River 1574 Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies 1536 French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada 1535 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal) 1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland 1524 Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay 1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan 1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines 1501 Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World 1460 Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66 1434 Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon 1394 Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery |
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