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Heinrich Barth

Heinrich Barth was a nineteenth-century German geographer, linguist, and explorer whose travels produced extensive recor...

German 19TH Century Africa Terrestrial

8.2 Great

2

Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-born fur trader and explorer whose journeys mapped major waterways across what is now...

18TH Century Canada British Terrestrial

8.1 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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Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger was a British explorer who between 1945 and 1950 made two crossings of the Arabian Empty Quarter, becom...

Desert 20TH Century British Terrestrial

8.0 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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Isabella Bird

Isabella Bird was a British traveler, writer, photographer, and natural observer whose journeys took her through North A...

Global 19TH Century Female British

7.7 Good

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Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer best known for his 1871 expedition into Central Africa...

19TH Century Africa Congo British American

7.6 Good

8

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

10

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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René Caillié

René Caillié was a French explorer who in 1828 became the first non-Muslim European to visit Timbuktu in present-day Mal...

French 19TH Century Africa Terrestrial

7.4 Good

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T.E. Lawrence

Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British archaeologist, army officer, and writer. Durin...

20TH Century British Middle East Terrestrial

7.3 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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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

15

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

16

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

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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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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