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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bartolomeu Dias
Commemorated ati
Dias statue
Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthou...
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Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Explorer and journalist, born as John Rowlands at Denbigh, Wales. Illegitimate and brought up in a workhouse, he sailed to America as a cabin boy in 1859. He befriended a trader called Henry Hope S...
Person, Exploring, Journalism / Publishing, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Africa, USA, Wales
1 memorial
William Heather
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
George Thompson
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson
Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.
2 memorials
William Braine
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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Bombs 7/7/05 - Piccadilly line - NW1
NW1, Euston Road, St Pancras Station
Perhaps the foliage on the plaque is an olive branch.
28 subjects commemorated
Walter de la Mare - Montpelier Row
TW1, Montpelier Row, 30
Walter de la Mare, 1873 - 1956, poet, lived here, 1940 - 1956. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
415 memorials
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