Now, more than 400 years after Sir Francis Drake's death in the Caribbean, the great seafarer's watery grave may be close to being discovered.

They became great seafarers, and, in their days of glory, came to Middle-earth to teach the lesser men great skills.

The people of Kiribati are to this day great seafarers, capable of making ocean crossings in local vessels using traditional navigation techniques.

Carthage was originally a colony founded by the Phoenicians, who were great seafarers.

Despite their similarity to the ancient Vikings of Earth, the Zelosians were no great seafarers.

"They were great seafarers before they settled here, the Duke's ancestors," Morgenes affirmed.

Austronesians were great seafarers, colonizing as far as New Zealand, Hawaii and Madagascar.

My people are not great seafarers.

LEAD: First of all, they were great seafarers, the people of Portugal in the 15th and 16th centuries for whom exploration became a national way of life.

He is depicted in The Silmarillion, as a child of Men and Elves and a great seafarer who, on his brow, carried the morning star across the sky.