Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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John Cowie
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Sir Martin Frobisher
Privateer, explorer, and naval commander. Born Normanton, Yorkshire, birth date approximate. Aged 15 sent to London to learn a trade at his uncle's, who was a merchant adventurer. Frobisher expl...
Thomas Armitage
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Christopher Newport
Seaman. Baptised at Harwich, Essex, on 29 December 1561. He was the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of the three ships which carried settlers to found the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. I...
John Ratcliffe
Mariner and colonist. His family name appears to have originally been Sicklemore, and why he chose to call himself Ratcliffe remains a riddle. He was captain of the 'Discovery', one of three ships ...
Charles Best
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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Catherine Laugel
Sculptor. She was born in Paris and moved to London to pursue her career.
King Richard I
Richard the Lionheart. Born Oxford, son of Henry II. King of England 6 July 1189 - death. Also ruled parts of France. More French than English, he spent much of his live in Southern Europe, mainly...
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