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Born May 3, 1827 • Bideford • England
Died September 15, 1864 (aged 37) • England

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Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Burton
British scholar and explorer
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
British navigator
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
British scientist
Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin
English explorer
Mount Everest: 1921 expedition
George Mallory
British explorer and mountaineer
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
English officer and explorer
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
British mountaineer and artist
Oxley, John
John Oxley
British explorer
Evans, George William
George William Evans
English surveyor and explorer
Sir Thomas Button
British navigator and naval officer
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Eyre, engraving by Charles Tomkins after a portrait by Charles Mercier
Edward John Eyre
British explorer and official
Charles Tilstone Beke
British explorer and biblical scholar
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
English traveler
David Thompson
English explorer
Charles Montagu Doughty
Charles Montagu Doughty
British traveler

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Mayflower. Plymouth. Photograph of the Mayflower II a full-scale reproduction of the Mayflower. The Mayflower II built in Devon, England, crossed the Atlantic in 1957 maintained by Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA.
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Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.
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