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Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk
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Born June 5, 1804 • Germany
Died March 11, 1865 (aged 60) • Germany • (Anniversary in 7 days)

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Schomburgk, engraving
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David Livingstone.
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Sir Richard Burton
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British scholar and explorer
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Sir Henry Morton Stanley, detail of a portrait by Sir Hubert von Herkomer; in the City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
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British explorer
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
British adventurer and writer
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
British scientist
Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin
English explorer
George Mallory
George Mallory
British explorer and mountaineer
Wilfred Thesiger
Wilfred Thesiger
British explorer
Robert Swan
Robert Swan
British explorer
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish explorer
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Ludwig Leichhardt.
Ludwig Leichhardt
German explorer
Park, Mungo
Mungo Park
Scottish explorer
Mehmed Emin Pasha (left) and Sir Henry Morton Stanley meeting near Lake Albert in east-central Africa, April 29, 1888.
Mehmed Emin Pasha
German explorer
Chesney, detail from a painting over a photograph; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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