Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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John Weekes
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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 Francis Drake
Sea captain, explorer and pirate. Born in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon. He spent his formative years in the house of his cousin Sir John Hawkins and by 1565 was voyaging to Guinea and the Spani...
Henry Wilson (Capt)
Sea captain. He was commander of the packet ship The Antelope, which was part of the fleet of the East India Company. In 1783 he was shipwrecked off the island of Ulong. After some initial animosit...
Thomas McConvey
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Christopher Columbus
Explorer. Born in the Republic of Genoa (his birth date is approximate). From 1492 to 1504, he made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the monarchs of Spain. These voyages...
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