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page 1Exploration ships

caravel
thumb|200px|Model of a Portuguese caravel, found in the Musée national de la Marine

galleon
thumb|right|upright=1.5|A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620
thumb|right|Portuguese galleon Padre Eterno
thumb|right|Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet at anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in the Indian Ocean and the siege of Diu in 1538) — Tábuas da India in the João de Castro's Roteiro do Mar Roxo (Routemap of the Red Sea) of 154

carrack
thumb|right|300px|The Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai and other ships, painting by [[Joachim Patinir. The voyage of Infanta Beatriz, second daughter of King Manuel of Portugal, to Villefranche for her marriage to Charles III, Duke of Savoy, in 1521.]]
thumb| painting of a large carrack attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Santa Maria
carrack used by Christopher Columbus
Fram
Norwegian polar exploration vessel
Pinta
caravel used by Christopher Columbus
Endurance
barquentine built 1912, used by Sir Ernest Shackleton on a South Pole expedition
Victoria
Spanish ship, the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world
Niña
caravel used by Christopher Columbus, ship, 1491
HMS Challenger
1858 Pearl-class corvette
outrigger canoe
boat with stabilizer(s)

Gjøa
thumb|upright|Gjøa at the Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum|Norwegian Maritime Museum in [[Oslo]]
Gjøa is a museum ship and was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three-year journey, finishing in 1906.
Chinese treasure ship
large wooden vessel commanded by the Chinese admiral Zheng He
Voyage of the James Caird
small-boat journey by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions
SS Vega
Swedish barque
Vostok
Russian ship
Pourquoi-Pas?
1908 ship used for polar exploration
Antarctic
Swedish steamship used for several polar expeditions
RV Polarstern
German icebreaker and research vessel
Jason
Norwegian sailship
JCG Sōya
1938 icebreaker used as museum
USS Jeannette
1861 Philomel-class gunvessel
Gauss
ship
Trinidad
flagship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation
SMS Novara
Austrian frigate
São Gabriel
1497 Portuguese carrack, flagship of Vasco de Gama's first voyage to India
Columbia Rediviva
American sailing vessel
Djong
thumb|300x300px|Depiction of a three-masted Javanese jong in Banten, by Hieronymus Megiser, 1610
HMS Discovery
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Mirny
ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821
USS Vincennes
American sloop of war
French frigate Boudeuse
ship
Concepción
Spanish ship from the 16th century
USS Bear
dual steam-powered and sailing ship
La Dauphine
sailing vessel and flagship of Giovanni da Verrazzano's first voyage to North America
vinta
thumb|A Sama-Bajau fishing vinta in Zamboanga with the characteristic colorful sails (c.1923)
thumb|A small Sama-Bajau tondaan with sails deployed (c.1904)
thumb|Two large Moro people|Moro vinta from Mindanao in the houseboat (palau) configuration (c.1920)
The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau, Tausug and Yakan peoples living in the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. It is also made by the Sama-Bajau that lived in east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Vinta are characterized by their colorful recta
Lady Washington
ship
Astrolabe
French exploration ship launched in 1811
San Antonio
ship in the Magellan expedition
padewakang
thumb|The Nur Al Marege, a modern replica of a padewakang, sailed from Makassar to the north coast of Australia in 2019.
thumb|A two-masted padewakang, 1880–1890.
Padewakangs were traditional boats used by the Bugis, Mandar, and Makassar people of South Sulawesi. Padewakangs were used for long-distance voyages serving the south Sulawesi kingdoms.
Speedwell
ship made for preparations of war against Spain, under the name Swiftsure
Kainan Maru
Antarctic expedition ship
Deutschland
ship launched in 1905
St. Roch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner, the first ship to completely circumnavigate North America
Māori migration canoes
aspect of Māori oral history involving migration on legendary canoes
Géographe
serpente-class corvette of the French Navy launched in 1800. From 1807 she served as a powder hulk in the Caudran district at Lorient.
Santiago
16th century Spanish caravel
Galathea expeditions
the Danish research expeditions to circumnavigate the globe (1845-1847; 1950-1952; 2006-2007)