The Soldiers and Sailors Monument, erected by William Clark Noble in 1890 to honour the fallen of the American Civil War at Congdon Park on Broadway in historic Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States of America, North America

Seafarer's Monument, Ibiza Town, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Total Surrender sculpture in Tuna Harbor, San Diego, California, United States of America, North America

View of Bygdoy WW II Navy Memorial at The Fram Museum, Bygdoynesveien, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

View of Roald Amundsen monument sculpture at The Fram Museum, Bygdoynesveien, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Monument in memory of departed sailors, Horn island, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Fisherman's Statue, Ibiza Town, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Sailors Monument, Bergen, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

View of Monument a la Gent de la Mar near harbour, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ibiza Town, Eivissa, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

View of Monument a la Gent de la Mar near harbour at dusk, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ibiza Town, Eivissa, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, North America

Monument of Sailors of the Kursk in Murmansk, Russia, Europe

Sailor's and Soldier's Monument, Clinton Square, Syracuse, New York State, United States of America, North America

Sailors' Monument, in Torgallmeningen, Bergen, Norway, Scandinavia, 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

View of the lighthouse - memorial to the deceased sailors in Murmansk, Russia

View of the lighthouse - memorial to the deceased sailors in Murmansk, Russia

Monument to the Discoveries, Padrao dos Descobrimentos, with great people of the Portuguese seafaring history, on the estuary of the Tagus river, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Memorial to Henry the Navigator, Infante D. Henrique, on the Praca da Republica in Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Monument to the Lost Seamen, Zmiinyi Island, Snake Island, Black Sea, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe

Monument on the historic waterfront of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Tourists on a giant world map at the foot of the Monument to the Discoveries, Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Monument to the Discoveries, Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Belem district, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Monument, Leifur Eriksson, Reykjavik, Iceland

Monument to Leif Ericson, also known as Leifur Eiriksson, an explorer who discovered America, Hallgrimskirkja church, church of Hallgrimur, a landmark of Reykjavik, Iceland, Europe

Columbus Monument, column at sunset, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Halgrims church and Leifur Eriksson monument, Reykjavik, Iceland

Memorial to Henry the Navigator, Infante D. Henrique, on the Praca da Republica in Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Statue of the navigator and explorer Joao Goncalves Zarco, left Bonco de Portugal, Funchal, Island Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Monument to the unknown sailor, Odessa, Ukraine, Europe

Monument of soldiers and sailors on stone arch

Elevated view of Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana

USA, New York State, New York City, Battery Park, Monument to Soldiers and Sailors lost at Sea in WWII, USA, New York City

Sailor's monument, Rostock, Germany