Famous explorers/captains and ships between 1450 - 1850

[Col. Whipstick]

Hi guys, don't know if this has been covered before and I'm feeling too lazy to check the records. :-P

Mr Phes, stop waving your sword at me...

Right, I thought it would be useful to have a list of well known ships just to beef up the history around here and help with MOC ships of historical refference. This is what I thought of on the top of my head and perhaps we could organise a poll or something to rate and debate which are more important than others. I also want to include the name of the captain or explorer commanding these vessels to add to it's significance. I'm trying to put these in chronological order but there are many names, these are some of the earlier main ones I've put down and here's a general link for all explorers: List of Explorers

Captain/Explorer: In The Service Of: Main Ship:

Bartolomeu Diaz (Portuguese) Portugal - S

Edited December 18, 2007 by Col. Whipstick

[Bonaparte]

You've brought us an interesting selection of wikipedia links.

Being a history freak myself, I'll certainly read some of them.

But that will only be in one week from now (when my holiday starts *sweet*).

[Mister Phes]

Oi! Where's Captain Cook? You should be keelhauled for not including him!

[Captain Ka-Boom]

Oi! Where's Captain Cook? You should be keelhauled for not including him!

I was about to say that. I am ANGRY! >:-(

[Col. Whipstick]

Ah yes, quite right... there were so many names but Captain Cook should certainly be there, I will amend the list to include him, others?

[Capn Frank]

How about Captain David Porter?

He was captain of the USS Essex and had taken 13 prizes in one trip X-D

Only down side to that voyage was the Essex was lost to larger british frigate and a schooner, 8-|

even though most of the crew escaped.

He's my one of my favorite US naval captains in the war of 1812.

P

Edited December 17, 2007 by phred

[Sir Norman Ray]

Thats it, blatend anglophobia if I ever did see it. From a war you started as well *mumble grumble Rick Rasdartly*

In that case, I put forward Admiral Nelson.

Need I say anymore on the one eyed, one armed Naval war hero?

[Col. Whipstick]

Thats it, blatend anglophobia if I ever did see it. From a war you started as well *mumble grumble Rick Rasdartly*

In that case, I put forward Admiral Nelson.

Need I say anymore on the one eyed, one armed Naval war hero?

Oh don't worry about Phred, he's getting an education from me. I think it's a case of one too many poorly made Mel Gibson movies teaching people half-history. *typical evil laugh of the Hollyood English villan* You can always ask him about what happened to the White House during the War of 1812 if he gets too cheeky. You can read my comments in his thread on the USS Constitution.

In my defence as to why Cook wasn't mentioned in initially or for that matter Nelson is that the list was done in roughly chronological order and Cook came about after Jan van Riebeek. I had gotten a bit tired doing all those ones and wanted to post this and take a break so had I continued which I have done so now he most certainly would have been added. It's ironic that only a couple weeks ago I'd been looking for the DVD miniseries on him made in the 80's called Captain James Cook.

Edited December 18, 2007 by Col. Whipstick

[Col. Whipstick]

I was about to say that. I am ANGRY! >:-(

Don't get your panties in a twist :-P , he was always going to feature eventually along the timeline, it takes time and many edits to have a list like this and that's why I added the link on the list of all explorers until I was ready to carry on with the list.

[Mister Phes]

Ok, keeping with explorers from "local history" (well local to me) I put forth:

Bruni d'Entrecasteaux

[Col. Whipstick]

Ok, keeping with explorers from "local history" (well local to me) I put forth:

Bruni d'Entrecasteaux

I'll add him to the list but can you tell us a bit more about him? I notice the name is French or atleast Gallic and looking at my list it occured to me that for a major colonial power there didn't seem to be any French names so I'm sure there are names to be added. For that matter a few of the names are more notable figures, commanders and the like rather than true maritime explorers.

You've brought us an interesting selection of wikipedia links.

Being a history freak myself, I'll certainly read some of them.

But that will only be in one week from now (when my holiday starts *sweet*).

My pleasure, any names you wish to join the list Bonaparte?

[Mister Phes]

"Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739

[Col. Whipstick]

"Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739

[Mister Phes]

You're absolutely right! But since you're the "Professor of Colonial History" I thought you'd love to research him for yourself :-P

[Col. Whipstick]

You're absolutely right! But since you're the "Professor of Colonial History" I thought you'd love to research him for yourself :-P

Hey, wasn't me who chose that title. Don't see any Ph.D's about here either... X-D

[Mister Phes]

Well the carrier pigeons have a lot of mail this time of year so that's why it hasn't arrived yet...