Sailor example sentences

asco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, was one of those who sailed across the Atlantic to the African coast, went round it, crossing over to the Indian Ocean.This map was used by European sailors and merchants on their voyages (see Chapter 6).The first record we have of cricket being played in India is from 1721, an account of recreational cricket played by English sailors in Cambay.In the fifteenth century European sailors undertook unprecedented explorations of sea routes.He landed in the West Indies (which got their name because of this confusion) in 149 He was followed by sailors and conquerors from Spain and Portugal, who occupied large parts of Central and South America, often destroying earlier settlements in the area.Pilots, sailors, sculptors, painters, architects, interior decorators, and surgeons are likely to have highly developed spatial intelligence.In spite of the obvious hazards, the routes that were opened up proved to be extremely profitable and he was followed by English, Dutch and French sailors.He came from a family engaged in coastal trade and was a sailor in the merchant navy.