Edward Bransfield: Quick Facts

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Born	c.1785
Died	1852

Oxley, John

John Oxley

British explorer

Evans, George William

George William Evans

English surveyor and explorer

Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders

British navigator

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George Bass

British explorer

John Smith

John Smith

British explorer

Chesney, detail from a painting over a photograph; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Francis Rawdon Chesney

British explorer

George Vancouver

George Vancouver

British explorer

Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone

Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell

British explorer

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William Martin Conway, Baron Conway

British explorer and art historian

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Lady Hester Stanhope

British noble

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

British naturalist

Sir Richard Burton

Sir Richard Burton

British scholar and explorer

British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist

Francis Galton

Francis Galton

British scientist

Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin

English explorer

George Mallory

George Mallory

British explorer and mountaineer

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

British botanist

John Hanning Speke

John Hanning Speke

British explorer

Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott

English officer and explorer

Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper

British mountaineer and artist

Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.

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