swap_horiz Isabella Bird Alternatives

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Robin Knox-Johnston

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is a British sailor who became the first person to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation of...

Contemporary Global British Maritime

8.5 Great

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Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum was a Canadian-born American mariner and writer who completed the first documented solo circumnavigation o...

American Global 19TH Century Maritime

8.4 Great

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Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis was an American army officer and explorer who, with William Clark, led the Lewis and Clark Expedition f...

American 19TH Century North America Terrestrial

8.3 Great

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Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, army officer, diplomat, translator, and linguist active during the ni...

19TH Century British Terrestrial Africa Middle East

8.1 Great

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Freya Stark

Freya Stark was a British-Italian travel writer and explorer known for journeys through the Middle East, particularly du...

20TH Century Female British Middle East

7.8 Good

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Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley was a British writer and traveler who undertook extensive journeys in West and Central Africa during the 1...

19TH Century Female British Africa

7.6 Good

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John McDouall Stuart

John McDouall Stuart was a Scottish-born explorer whose expeditions mapped large areas of inland Australia during the ni...

Australia 19TH Century British Terrestrial

7.5 Good

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Mungo Park

Mungo Park was a Scottish surgeon and explorer best known for his two major expeditions to trace the course of the Niger...

19TH Century British Africa Terrestrial

7.4 Good

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Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, was an American journalist and writer who pioneered the field of investigativ...

American Global 19TH Century Terrestrial

7.4 Good

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John Hanning Speke

John Hanning Speke was a British explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who undertook several expeditions in Af...

19TH Century British Africa Terrestrial

7.2 Good

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Ida Pfeiffer

Ida Pfeiffer (1797–1858) was an Austrian traveler and author who gained international recognition for her extensive solo...

Austrian Global 19TH Century Terrestrial

7.2 Good

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Charles Sturt

Captain Charles Sturt (1795–1869) was a British military officer and explorer prominent for leading several expeditions...

Australia 19TH Century British Terrestrial

7.1 Good

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Samuel Baker

Sir Samuel White Baker was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, hunter, and colonial administrator associated...

19TH Century Nile British Africa

7.0 Good

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Mark Beaumont

Mark Beaumont is a Scottish endurance cyclist, broadcaster, and adventurer known for long-distance bicycle expeditions....

Contemporary Global British Terrestrial

7.0 Good

15

Edward John Eyre

Edward John Eyre was an English explorer and colonial official whose 1840 to 1841 expedition crossed southern Australia...

Australia 19TH Century Overland British

6.9 Fair

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Joseph Thomson

Joseph Thomson was a Scottish geologist and explorer active in East Africa during the late nineteenth century. In 1883 a...

19TH Century British Africa East Africa

6.8 Fair

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Florence Baker

Florence Baker was a Transylvanian-born Hungarian explorer who traveled with the English explorer Samuel Baker during hi...

19TH Century Nile British Africa

6.7 Fair

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Alastair Humphreys

Alastair Humphreys is a British adventurer known for cycling around the world between 2001 and 2005 and for popularizing...

Contemporary Global British Terrestrial

6.7 Fair

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James Grant

James Augustus Grant was a Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa. He accompanied John Hanning Speke on the expe...

19TH Century British Africa Terrestrial

6.6 Fair

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Hugh Clapperton

Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) was a Scottish naval officer and explorer of West Africa. He joined the expedition led by Wa...

19TH Century British Africa West Africa

6.5 Fair