swap_horiz Robert O'Hara Burke Alternatives

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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

2

William Clark

William Clark was an American soldier, explorer, territorial official, and Indian agent who co-led the Lewis and Clark E...

American 19TH Century North America Terrestrial

8.2 Great

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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

4

Nain Singh Rawat

Nain Singh Rawat was a 19th-century Indian explorer and surveyor trained by the British Survey of India as one of its so...

Indian 19TH Century Asia Terrestrial

8.2 Great

5

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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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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Nikolai Przhevalsky

Nikolai Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer, naturalist, and military officer who led four major expeditions through Ce...

Russian 19TH Century Asia Central Asia

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

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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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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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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

15

Dervla Murphy

Dervla Murphy (1931–2022) was an Irish travel writer who gained recognition with her 1965 debut book "Full Tilt," which...

Global 20TH Century Irish Terrestrial

7.3 Good

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Jedidiah Smith

Jedidiah Smith (1799-1831) was an American fur trader and explorer who made significant contributions to the mapping of...

American 19TH Century North America Mountain Man

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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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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Ludwig Leichhardt

Ludwig Leichhardt was a Prussian-born naturalist and explorer who became associated with the exploration of northern Aus...

German Australia 19TH Century Overland

6.8 Fair