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Explorers from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

39 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alfred Russel WallaceAuthor · BooksAlfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and illustrator.
Arnold Henry Savage LandorArtist · PaintingsArnold Henry Savage Landor (2 June 1865 – 26 December 1924) was an English painter, explorer, writer, and anthropologist.
Charles Montagu DoughtyAuthor · Books
Edward Adrian WilsonArtist · PaintingsEdward Wilson (disambiguation)
Edward Augustus InglefieldPhotographer · PhotographySir Edward Augustus Inglefield FRGS (27 March 1820 – 4 September 1894) was a Royal Navy officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s.
Edward BelcherAuthor · BooksSir Edward Belcher (27 February 1799 – 18 March 1877) was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer.
Francis BeaufortAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrancis Beaufort (disambiguation)
Francis GaltonPhotographer · PhotographySir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era;
Francis Rawdon ChesneyAuthor · BooksFrancis Rawdon Chesney (16 March 1789 – 30 January 1872) was a British general and explorer.
Francis YounghusbandAuthor · BooksLieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer.
Frederick CatherwoodArtist · PaintingsFrederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya…
Fynes MorysonAuthor · BooksFynes Moryson (or Morison; 1566 – 12 February 1630) was an English writer and secretary.
Gertrude BellPhotographer · PhotographyGertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.
Harry JohnstonPhotographer · PhotographySir Harry Hamilton Johnston GCMG (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak…
Henry Mangles DenhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral Sir Henry Mangles Denham FRS (28 August 1800 – 3 July 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.
Hester StanhopeAuthor · BooksLady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age.
Hugh ClappertonAuthor · BooksBain Hugh Clapperton (18 May 1788 – 13 April 1827) was a British naval officer and explorer of West and Central Africa.
Isabella BirdPhotographer · PhotographyIsabella Bird is recorded as having received Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and Fellow of t
John AndersonPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Anderson (4 October 1833 – 15 August 1900) was a Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
John BarrowAuthor · BooksSir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant.
John Clements WickhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator.
John RossArtist · PaintingsRear-Admiral Sir John Ross (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and explorer.
Laurence WaddellAuthor · BooksIllustration — Laurence Austine Waddell.
Leopold McClintockPhotographer · PhotographyAdmiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Mary KingsleyAuthor · BooksMary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential…
Ménie Muriel DowieAuthor · BooksIllustration — In The Sketch, 6 March 1895
Percy FawcettAuthor · BooksPercy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer/surveyor, archaeologist and explorer of South America.
Phillip Parker KingAuthor · Maps and atlasesPhillip Parker King (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts.
Richard CollinsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Collinson was born in 1811. Collinson died in 1883.
Robert MoffatAuthor · BooksRobert Moffat was a translator, missionary, explorer and writer (1795–1883). He was born in Ormiston and died in Leigh.
Samuel BakerAuthor · BooksSir Samuel White Baker (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist.
Verney Lovett CameronAuthor · BooksIllustration — "He walked across Africa"
William Charles WentworthAuthor · BooksWilliam Charles Wentworth (August 179020 March 1872) was an Australian statesman, author, explorer, lawyer, newspaper editor and pastoralist, who became one of the wealthiest and most…
William H. HarveyIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Henry Harvey, FRS FLS (5 February 1811 – 15 May 1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae.
William John BurchellArtist · PaintingsWilliam John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author.
William Winwood ReadeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Photo of William Winwood Reade published during 1910.

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