Nearchus (lived 4th century BC)
| Macedonian officer under Alexander the Great. Nearchus was born in Crete but settled at Amphipolis in Macedonia. He led Alexander's fleet from the Indus to the Gulf 326–325 BC. |
| His account of the voyage was used by the the Greek historian Arrian in his work Indica and by the geographer Strabo. |
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