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Born June 22, 1757 • King’s Lynn • England
Died May 10, 1798 (aged 40) • Richmond upon Thames • England

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Matthew Flinders
British navigator
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English explorer
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British explorer
Edward Bransfield
British explorer
Frémont, John C.
John C. Frémont
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John Wesley Powell
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Clarence King
American geologist
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Giovanni da Verrazzano
Italian navigator
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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
British explorer
Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
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