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Henry Hudson - Found Hudon's Bay, Was Lost in It - britishheritage.org
Henry Hudson - Found Hudon's Bay, Was Lost in It - britishheritage.org
Henry Hudson - Found Hudon's Bay, Was Lost in It - britishheritage.org
Henry Hudson - Found Hudon's Bay, Was Lost in It - britishheritage.org

Henry Hudson: An Enduring Legacy in the British Heritage.

Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org
Ernest Shackleton - Beyond Endurance - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and had accompanied another leading light, Captain Robert Scott, as third offic...

Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org
Robert Falcon Scott  - Scott of the Antarctic - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913. On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marchi...

Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org
Richard Francis Burton  - The Linguist Explorer - britishheritage.org

***TO LONG***Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine...

Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org
Martin Frobisher  - In Search of the North-West Passage - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG*** Sir Martin Frobisher (1535–1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the fabled North-West Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-...

Freya Stark - Intrepid Middle East Traveller - britishheritage.org

Contribution to British Heritage.

Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org
Ranulph Fiennes - Our Greatest Living Explorer - britishheritage.org

Contribution to British Heritage.

John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org
John Cabot  - North American Trail-blazer - britishheritage.org

Contribution to British Heritage.

John Rolfe - The First Tobacco Baron - britishheritage.org
John Rolfe - The First Tobacco Baron - britishheritage.org

Establishing Britain's New World Legacy through Tobacco.

William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org
William Adams - Advisor to the Shogun - britishheritage.org

***TOO LONG***William Adams (1564–1620), known in Japanese as Miura Anjin ("the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan, leading a five-ship expedition for a private Dutch fleet. Of the few survivors of the only ship that reached Japan, Ada...

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