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Circumnavigators of the globe

  • Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin was born on the 12th of February 1809 at his family's home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He was the fifth of six children of…
  • James CookJames Cook was born on the 7th of November 1728 in the village of Marton, located in the North Riding of Yorkshire. His father worked as a Scottish farm…
  • Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen entered the world on the 20th of July 1778 on the island of Saaremaa. This Baltic region belonged to the Russian Empire at…
  • Francis DrakeFrancis Drake was born at Crowndale Farm in Tavistock, Devon, England. His birth date remains uncertain, though estimates place it around 1540 or 1541 based…