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Duke Kahanamoku, known as the "Big Kahuna," was an Olympic champion swimmer who is generally…
An English navigator and explorer, Vancouver sailed on Capt. James Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages.…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
4
Sir William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray…
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was…
Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh was a Dutch sea-captain who explored the central west coast of…
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (or Neyra) was a Spanish navigator. Born in Congosto, in León,…
Asia + Oceania
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Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father…
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to…
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for his voyages of 1642 and…
Zheng He, formerly romanized as Cheng Ho, was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet…