Sailor
A sailor (or seaman) is a person who works at sea on a boat or ship. The sailor works under a captain. The term is only used when the person is working professionally (earning money or make a living).
Sailor is also the lowest rank in a navy.
Sailor Media
Three types of mariners, seen here in the wheelhouse of a ship: a master, able seaman, and harbour pilot.
Portrait of a sailor taken on board the French aviso Ardent, 1857
- For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
Statue dedicated to Italian sailors at Finale Ligure, Liguria, Italy.
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition that circumnavigated the globe in 1519–1522.
Statue of a Mexican Navy sailor at the Naval History Museum.
