Person    | Male  Born 1451  Died 24/5/1500

Bartolomeu Dias

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Africa, Portugal

Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1488, the first European known to do so since ancient times.

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Dias statue

Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthou...

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Reuben Male

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Yury Gagarin

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1 memorial
Charles Coombs

Charles Coombs

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

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Thomas Darlington

Thomas Darlington

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial
F. R. M. Crozier

F. R. M. Crozier

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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A. Jennings

Private, serving in WW1, died at Lewisham Hospital.

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1 memorial
E. Lovett

E. Lovett

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1 memorial
W. J. Green
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1 memorial