Explorers
Henry Hudson: An Enduring Legacy in the British Heritage.
***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...
***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...
***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...
***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-...
Contribution to British Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage.
Contribution to British Heritage.
Establishing Britain's New World Legacy through Tobacco.
***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...
