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Born March 16, 1789 • Northern Ireland
Died January 30, 1872 (aged 82) • Northern Ireland

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British explorer
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British navigator
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British explorer and art historian
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British explorer
Edward Bransfield
British explorer
Frémont, John C.
John C. Frémont
American explorer, military officer, and politician
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John Wesley Powell
American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist
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John Smith
British explorer
Dumont d'Urville, engraving by Émile Lassalle after Maurin
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French explorer
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American geologist
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George Vancouver
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Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
French cartographer
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Adolf Overweg
German astronomer, geologist, and traveler
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Portuguese explorer
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