Not a known child of John Turner Ashby, Esq., Cassique, of “Quenby”
Biography From
He was an early explorer across the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley and "Ashby Gap" is named af...
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12/20/2008
5/6/2025
Not a known child of John Turner Ashby, Esq., Cassique, of “Quenby”
Biography From
He was an early explorer across the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley and "Ashby Gap" is named af...
5/6/2025
Marguerite Elton Blake Harrison (Baker)
Marguerite was a reporter, spy, film maker, and translator who was one of the four founding members of the Society of Woman Geographers.
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4/30/2025
Marguerite Elton Blake Harrison (Baker)
Marguerite was a reporter, spy, film maker, and translator who was one of the four founding members of the Society of Woman Geographers.
Biography
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4/30/2025
Not the son of Lt. John Banister
John Banister was a naturalist and Anglican minister in the Virginia colony. Born in England, he became interested in North American plants while studying at the U...
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11/19/2007
4/28/2025
Not the son of Lt. John Banister
John Banister was a naturalist and Anglican minister in the Virginia colony. Born in England, he became interested in North American plants while studying at the U...
4/28/2025
Rear-Admiral Richard Charles Mayne CB FRGS (7 July 1835 – 29 May 1892) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer, who in later life became a Conservative politician.
Richard Mayne
Son of Sir Richard M...
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3/6/2025
Rear-Admiral Richard Charles Mayne CB FRGS (7 July 1835 – 29 May 1892) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer, who in later life became a Conservative politician.
Richard Mayne
Son of Sir Richard M...
3/6/2025
Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy : Feb 2 2024, 8:26:40 UTC
From book by John Bolton King
James King R.N.: Captain Cook Is Killed But His Third Voyage Of Discovery Goes On.
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12/29/2024
Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy : Feb 2 2024, 8:26:40 UTC
From book by John Bolton King
James King R.N.: Captain Cook Is Killed But His Third Voyage Of Discovery Goes On.
12/29/2024
John Webber RA (6 October 1751 – 29 May 1793) was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.
B...
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12/23/2024
John Webber RA (6 October 1751 – 29 May 1793) was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.
B...
12/23/2024
Adventurer and Astronomer - travelled with CPT. Cook on his 2nd and 3rd voyages
William Bayly (1737–1810) was an English astronomer.
Life
Bayly was born at Bishops Cannings, or Carions, in Wilts...
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12/23/2024
Adventurer and Astronomer - travelled with CPT. Cook on his 2nd and 3rd voyages
William Bayly (1737–1810) was an English astronomer.
Life
Bayly was born at Bishops Cannings, or Carions, in Wilts...
12/23/2024
James Burney (13 June 1750 – 17 November 1821) was an English rear-admiral, who accompanied Captain Cook on his last two voyages. He later wrote two books on naval voyages and a third on the game of ...
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10/27/2017
12/23/2024
James Burney (13 June 1750 – 17 November 1821) was an English rear-admiral, who accompanied Captain Cook on his last two voyages. He later wrote two books on naval voyages and a third on the game of ...
12/23/2024
Molesworth Phillips
England Marriages, 1538-1973
Marriage: Jan 10 1782 - Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England
Wife: Susanna Burney
Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - Smar...
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10/27/2017
12/23/2024
Molesworth Phillips
England Marriages, 1538-1973
Marriage: Jan 10 1782 - Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England
Wife: Susanna Burney
Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - Smar...
12/23/2024
Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (8 November 1723 – 10 April 1786) was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.Early careerHe joined the nav...
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10/6/2008
12/22/2024
Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (8 November 1723 – 10 April 1786) was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.Early careerHe joined the nav...
12/22/2024
Rear-Admiral Philip Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity (22 January 1733, Trinity Manor, Jersey – 21 July 1796, Southampton) was a British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Na...
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12/22/2024
12/22/2024
Rear-Admiral Philip Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity (22 January 1733, Trinity Manor, Jersey – 21 July 1796, Southampton) was a British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Na...
12/22/2024
Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) was a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti.
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12/22/2024
Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) was a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti.
Biography...
12/22/2024
Graham Gore (c. 1809 – between 28 May 1847 and 25 April 1848) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in two expeditions to the Arctic and a survey of the coastli...
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12/21/2024
12/21/2024
Graham Gore (c. 1809 – between 28 May 1847 and 25 April 1848) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in two expeditions to the Arctic and a survey of the coastli...
12/21/2024
Captain John Gore (c. 1730–10 August 1790) was a British American sailor who circumnavigated the globe four times with the Royal Navy in the 18th century and accompanied Captain James Cook in his dis...
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12/21/2024
Captain John Gore (c. 1730–10 August 1790) was a British American sailor who circumnavigated the globe four times with the Royal Navy in the 18th century and accompanied Captain James Cook in his dis...
12/21/2024
Captain Tobias Furneaux (21 August 1735 – 18 September 1781) was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was one of the...
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7/16/2009
12/21/2024
Captain Tobias Furneaux (21 August 1735 – 18 September 1781) was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was one of the...
12/21/2024
Maria Dundas MP
(1785 - 1842)
"Maria Graham", "Lady Callcott"
Maria Graham, later Lady Callcott Regency diarist, travel writer, artist and naval wife. British woman who was one of the first people to write about Chile, before anyone knew much about South America ...
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12/11/2024
Maria Dundas MP
(1785 - 1842)
"Maria Graham", "Lady Callcott"
Maria Graham, later Lady Callcott Regency diarist, travel writer, artist and naval wife. British woman who was one of the first people to write about Chile, before anyone knew much about South America ...
12/11/2024
Annie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 – July 18, 1935) was an American mountaineer.
Peck was the youngest of five children, born to Ann Power Smith Peck (1820–1896) and George Bacheler Peck (1807–18...
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12/11/2024
Annie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 – July 18, 1935) was an American mountaineer.
Peck was the youngest of five children, born to Ann Power Smith Peck (1820–1896) and George Bacheler Peck (1807–18...
12/11/2024
Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt; 7 October 1839 – 14 September 1887) was an English traveller and writer. Her bestselling book A Voyage in the Sunbeam, our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Mont...
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2/18/2009
12/11/2024
Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt; 7 October 1839 – 14 September 1887) was an English traveller and writer. Her bestselling book A Voyage in the Sunbeam, our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Mont...
12/11/2024
da Laura Pfeiffer (Viena, 14 de octubre de 1797 - ib.27 de octubre de 1858) fue una exploradora y escritora de viajes austriaca. A los 45 años abandonó su vida de ama de casa y se fue a viajar por el m...
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12/11/2024
12/11/2024
da Laura Pfeiffer (Viena, 14 de octubre de 1797 - ib.27 de octubre de 1858) fue una exploradora y escritora de viajes austriaca. A los 45 años abandonó su vida de ama de casa y se fue a viajar por el m...
12/11/2024
"Lady Florence Caroline Dixie (25 May 1855 – 7 November 1905), before her marriage Lady Florence Douglas, was a British traveller, war correspondent, writer, humanist and feminist."
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12/11/2024
"Lady Florence Caroline Dixie (25 May 1855 – 7 November 1905), before her marriage Lady Florence Douglas, was a British traveller, war correspondent, writer, humanist and feminist."
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