Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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Alexander Berry
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Mary Kingsley
Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...
Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. A successful novelist, her first visit to Egypt in 1873 caused her to change the course of her life. The destruction of...
Sir Joseph Hooker
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He travelled widely around the world, bringing back many species of plants to Britain. Became director ...
William Gibson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Courtier, explorer, author and puddle-coverer. Â Born Devon. Â Became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and explored Virginia, America, for her, enabling its colonisation. Â Briefly imprisoned in the T...
Person, Exploring, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA
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