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Also Known As Fray Marcos
Born c.1495 • Nice • France
Died March 25, 1558 • Mexico
Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer
Heinrich Harrer
explorer and writer
Nathaniel P. Langford
American explorer and conservationist
Luis Vaez de Torres
Spanish navigator
Thomas Walker
American physician
Martin E. Johnson
American adventurer and photographer
Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Juan Bermúdez
Spanish navigator
Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
Italian explorer
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
David Livingstone.
David Livingstone
Scottish explorer and missionary
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
Ibn Baṭṭūṭah
Ibn Battuta
Muslim explorer and writer
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral

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