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an English merchant born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother. During a commercial voyage between Europe and South America he was blown off course, and visited the Antarctic island of South Georgia, making the first ever discovery of land south of the Antarctic Convergence.
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Anthony de la Rocheunknown1674
 
1675unknown
Pedro Fernandes de Queiros15651590
 
1691614
 a Portuguese navigator best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pa...
Charles Albanel16161649
 
16961696, Jun 11
 a French missionary explorer in Canada, and a Jesuit priest. In 1649, he arrived in Canada at Tad...
Louis Jolliet1645, Sep 211670
 
16991700+
 a French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. Jolliet and Jesuit Father ...
Sebastián Vizcaíno15481580
 
1701624
 a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him to New Spain,...
William Dampier1651, Sep1673
 
17151715, Mar
 the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumn...
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