Explorers

Born 11 June 1910: Jacques Cousteau

Ahoy there! Today we set sail to celebrate the birthday of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, born June 11th, 1910!…

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Born 6 June 1868: Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott, a British naval officer and explorer forever linked to the conquest of the South Pole, was born…

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Born 9 May 1874 – Howard Carter

Howard Carter, a renowned British archaeologist and Egyptologist, was born in Kensington, London on May 9, 1874. Although lacking formal…

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Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on 11 June 1910 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, which is not too far from Bordeaux in South-Western…

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Sir Edmund Hillary

“Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain” – Sir Edmund Hillary. Sir…

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Christopher Columbus

“My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may…

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Neil Armstrong

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” – Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong had flying in…

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Yuri Gagarin

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Hernando Cortes

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