Diogo Cão

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David Livingstone

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Carsten Borchgrevink

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Ibn Battuta

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Edmund Hillary

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Charles Sturt

Charles Sturt : biography 28 April 1795 - 16 June 1869 Sturt then proceeded down the Murray, until he reached the river's confluence with the...

Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 Oceanographer and traveller After a period of mourning, Nansen returned to London....

Edward Adrian Wilson

Edward Adrian Wilson : biography 23 July 1872 - 29 March 1912 Affectionately nicknamed 'Uncle Bill' by the men of the expedition, Wilson was the...

John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)

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Nathaniel P. Langford

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