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Jun 17, 2009
Henry Hudson, Explorer
For five years he searched for the fabled North-West Passage only to suffer a mutiny and disappear in the bay that bears his name.
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Jun 2, 2009
Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
Ponce de Leon has been long associated with the search for the Fountain of Youth, but was he really looking for it?
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Feb 25, 2009
Etienne Brûlé
Adventurous Etienne Brûlé, paved the way for future explorations of the Canadian wilderness, covering his name in glory until his final act of treason.
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Feb 3, 2009
Jean-François de La Roche de Roberval
Pirate, colonist, Protestant rebel, Roberval added a colourful page to the early history of Canada.
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Jan 24, 2009
John Cabot, Explorer
Seeking China he found Canada and the beginnings of the British Empire.
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Jan 22, 2009
Jacques Cartier
In search of the north-west passage to the fabled lands of China he instead found the majestic beauty of Canada.
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Nov 22, 2008
Gil Eannes
Gil Eannes' would become legendary for his bravery as he sailed where no European had gone before.
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Jun 26, 2009
Juan Sebastian de Elcano
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Grant Sebastian Nell
Elcano was captain of the carrack Victoria, the first European ship to completely circumnavigate the globe.
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Jun 17, 2009
Ibn Battutta
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Grant Sebastian Nell
Ibn Battutta was a Moroccan-born Muslim who travelled the greater part of 75,000 miles over the course of his lifetime.
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Jun 9, 2009
Pilot Punch Dickins Canadian Aviation Pioneer
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Kathleen Airdrie
Pilot Clennell Haggerston 'Punch' Dickins was a Canadian World War I flying ace, flight instructor, bush pilot, and explorer.
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Jun 2, 2009
Frontiersman Daniel Boone
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Matthew Pizzolato
Daniel Boone pioneered early American expansion and helped to settle the country, becoming an enduring American legend.
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May 24, 2009
Fridtjof Nansen
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Barry Vale
Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861 just outside the Norwegian capital of Oslo then known as Christiania.
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May 23, 2009
Leif Ericsson and the Mystery of Vinland
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Monica Resendes
Four centuries before Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic from Spain, Leif Ericsson (c. 970-1020), a Nordic explorer, landed on the shores of North America.
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Mar 20, 2009
Egyptian Treasures and Belzoni the Strongman
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Lito Apostolakou
After a career as a circus strongman, Belzoni amazed the world with the Egyptian treasures he unearthed.
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