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English Wikipedia: Adriaen Block

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Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer.BiographyPiccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland. Showing an inten...

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Henry Briggs (February 1561 – 26 January 1630) was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes kn...

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From Wikipedia : Amelia Mary Earhart born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937; declared legally dead January 5, 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to re...

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Carson was an American frontiersman. He was eight years old when his father was killed by a falling tree while clearing land. Lindsey Carson's death reduced the Carson family to a desperate poverty, fo...

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Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) is one of history’s most famous scientists, adventurers and champions of the environment. The Kon-Tiki Museum houses original boats and exhibits from Thor Heyerdahl’s world f...

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim", "Lucky Lindy", and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. As a 2...

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Montgomery Pike Jr. was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. His Pike expedition mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase.Pike was born in Lam...

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David Livingstone was born on the 19 March 1813, 8 miles south of Glasgow, one of seven children. As a young child he worked tirelessly on the cotton mills from 6am to 8pm and then studied hard at the ...

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Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organize...

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William Clark (1770-1838), of the Lewis & Clark Expedition , was the son of Jonathan Clark & Ann Paulette Rogers. He married 1) Julia Hancock 2) Harriet Kennerly. from Oregon Pioneers - Lewis and C...

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Meriwether Lewis BIRTH 18 Aug 1774, Ivy, Albemarle County, Virginia, British Colonial America DEATH 11 Oct 1809 (aged 35), Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee, USA BURIAL Pioneer Cemetery, Hohe...

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content to clean up In the early stages of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, at Fort Mandan on the Missouri River, an interpreter was engaged. This French-Canadian trader was named Toussaint Charbonneau....

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Venetian Merchant, Explorer, and Writer. He travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the Marvels of...

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Leif Erikson was born about 970 most likely on the Breiðafjörður, Iceland as the son of Erik Thorvaldsson and Thjodhild Jørundsdottir and died in Greenland about 1020. He was known by the nickname Leif...

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of Massalia (/ˈpɪθiəs/; Ancient Greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης Pythéas ho Massaliōtēs; Latin: Pytheas Massiliensis; fl. 4th century BC) was a Greek geographer and explorer from the Greek colony of Massali...

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Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães; Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes; c. 1480 – April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in Sabrosa, in northern Portugal, and served King ...

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