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John C. Frémont
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John Wesley Powell
American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist
John Smith
John Smith
British explorer
Dumont d'Urville, engraving by Émile Lassalle after Maurin
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Robert Fitzroy
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British explorer
Oxley, John
John Oxley
British explorer
Evans, George William
George William Evans
English surveyor and explorer
King, Clarence
Clarence King
American geologist
George Vancouver
George Vancouver
British explorer
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Jeremiah Dixon
English surveyor
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
American geologist
Becker, George Ferdinand
George Ferdinand Becker
American geologist
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
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Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden
American geologist
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Sir John Richardson
Scottish surgeon and explorer
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
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David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
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Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
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Dutton, Clarence Edward
Clarence Edward Dutton
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