Tim Severin

Tim Severin : biography 1940 - In Search of Moby Dick: Quest for the White Whale (1999) Following the path of the Pequot, Severin...

William John Wills

William John Wills : biography 5 January 1834 - 28 June 1861 Burke and Wills expedition Robert O'Hara Burke was appointed leader of...

William John Wills

William John Wills : biography 5 January 1834 - 28 June 1861 William John Wills (5 January 1834 – c.June/July 1861) was a...

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth : biography January 29, 1802 - August 31, 1856 Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (January 29, 1802 – August 31, 1856) was...

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth : biography January 29, 1802 - August 31, 1856 On November 6, Wyeth's journal notes, "...my men came forward and unanimously desired...

Hermenegildo Capelo

Hermenegildo Capelo : biography 1841 - 1917 Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo was born in Palmela, Portugal, in 1841, and died in Lisbon, Portugal,...

Hermenegildo Capelo

Hermenegildo Capelo : biography 1841 - 1917 Expedition Between 1884 and 1885, Capelo and Ivens explored between the coastline of Angola and the Huila plain...

Afonso de Paiva

Afonso de Paiva : biography - Afonso de Paiva (c. 1443 – c. 1490) was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer of...

Cornelius Jacobsen May

Cornelius Jacobsen May : biography - Cornelis Jacobszoon Mey (in English often rendered Cornelius Jacobsen May), was a Dutch explorer, captain...

Eric Shipton

Eric Shipton : biography 1 August 1907 - 28 March 1977 Eric Earle Shipton CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977) was...