Sea captain. Looking for a trade route, the North-East Passage, a 3 ship expedition set sail, from Harwich, with Willoughby in charge and captain of the 'Bona Esperanza'. The Esperanza and the 'Bona Confidentia' were separated from the third ship, the 'Edward Bonaventure' captained by Stephen Borough and carrying the chief pilot, Richard Chancellor. The two lost ships got no further than an area near Murmansk where the bodies were found by Russian fishermen many months later. The precise cause of their demise is not known.
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Sir Hugh Willoughby
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Stephen Borough
Explorer and naval administrator. Born Devon. Elder brother to William. Sailed in the same North-East Passage expedition as Willoughby, as captain of the 'Edward Bonaventure', the ship that had ...
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Edward Maria Wingfield
Colonist. Born in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton. His second Christian name, derived from the fact that his father was a godson of Henry VII's daughter Mary, and it survived in the family for sever...
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David Young
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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James Rioden
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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Daniel Bryant
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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War dead, WW1
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Three Men in a Boat
Comic novel written by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889.
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