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Only child born on Mayflower voyage 1620 1620 Tommy Hughes [7] Australian footballer 1886 Mary Jemison [8] American frontierswoman 1743 Augustus D. Juilliard [9] Founder of the Juilliard School: 1836 Ivan Kelic [10] Australian soccer player 1968 Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace: French navigator 1793 Francis Lathrop [11] American artist 1849 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
Pages in category "People born at sea" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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Chay Blyth (born 1940), completed the first westward single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world, 1971; Jean-Charles de Borda (1733–1799), scientist and engineer working at sea; William Harvey Carney (1842–1908), Civil War soldier, previously a sailor; Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), one of the founders of science fiction fandom ...
This is a list of maritime explorers. The list includes explorers which had contributed, and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet's geography, weather, biodiversity, human cultures, the expansion of trade, or established communication between diverse populations...
Jean Batten in 1937. Aleko Konstantinov – a cosmopolitan traveler, was the first Bulgarian to write about his visits to Western Europe and America. His visits to the World Exhibitions of Exposition Universelle (1889) in Paris, General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) in Prague and World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 – including a visit to Niagara Falls – provided Bulgarian ...
After inheriting her father's shipping company in the 1880s, Tyrrell fought to have her name on the documents of ownership for the schooner. Her career as sea captain spanned over twenty years, and Denbighshire Lass was the first ship to fly the Irish tricolour flag at a foreign port. Ireland: Yes 1863 1921 Walters, Angus