5 sentences with 'navigator'
Example sentences and phrases with the word navigator and other words derived from it.
• « When the courtier and navigator Sir Walter Raleigh pulled a long reed mouthpiece from his bag, alarm bells rang through the hall; for the famous explorer, after working his tinderbox right in front of the throne of Queen Elizabeth I, had let an unbreathable smoke escape from that improvised pipe. »
• « There, his Basque navigator Juan Sebastian Elcano took over and managed to guide a ship all the way back to Spain, arriving in 1522 (Magellan is much better remembered than Elcano, but it was Elcano who actually made it back). »
• « Christopher Columbus's voyages - closer in time - were not such a risky adventure, although no one questions the prestige of the navigator or his bravery in travelling in the fragile vessels. »
• « In the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, "strange drawings" were found that are attributed to Piri Reis, a 16th century Turkish navigator, and are still being studied today in the National Library in Berlin. »
• « The navigator Jacques Cartier claimed northern North America for France, naming the area New France. »