Statue of discoverer Christopher Columbus, La Rabida monastery, La Rabida, near Huelva, Costa de la Luz, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

The Da Gama padrao, a monument to Vasco Da Gama in the Cape Point Nature Reserve in South Africa. Da Gama was a Portuguese sailor/explorer and led expeditions from the Cape to the East in 1497. A padrao is a limestone pillar bearing the Portuguese coat of arms and an inscription stating when and by whom it was raised. The cross signified Portuguese sovereignty and Christianity.

Leifur Eriksson statue outside Hallgrimskirkja Church, Reykjavik, Iceland

Christopher Columbus monument, Calvi, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France

Leifur Eriksson statue and Hallgrimskirkja Church, Reykjavik, Iceland

Rear view, statue of Leif Ericson, discoverer of North America, Hallgrimskirkja, town centre, Reykjavik, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Europe

Black and white long exposure of the seafarers' monument Padrao dos Descobrimentos on the river Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Detail of Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Monument, Leifur Eriksson, Reykjavik, Iceland

Halgrims church and Leifur Eriksson monument, Reykjavik, Iceland

Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Memorial Anne Stine and Helge Ingstadt, discoverer of the Viking settlings in North America, hall of the Viking ship hall Vikingskiphuset, Bygdoy, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Statue of Leif Eriksson, Hallgrimskirkja church, church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland, Europe

Statue of Leif Eriksson, Hallgrimskirkja, church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland, Europe

Detail of Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Hallgrimskirkja Church with statue of Nordic explorer Leif Eriksson