Look for these people who expanded our horizons.
Buzz Aldrin
January 20, 1930- American astronaut |
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Roy Chapman Andrews
January 26, 1884-March 11, 1960 dinosaur scientist and explorer |
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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
February 22, 1857-January 8, 1941 Founder of the Boy Scouts |
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William Bartram
February 9, 1739-July 22, 1823 American naturalist |
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Ibn Battuta
1304-1368 Arabian traveler |
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Jim Beckwourth
1798-1866 Freed slave, guide in the American West and Indian chief |
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Louis Bleriot
August 2, 1872- 1936 French aviation pioneer |
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Daniel Boone
November 2, 1734-1820 American pioneer scout |
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Jim Bowie
1796-March 6, 1836 American frontiersman and soldier; inventor of the Bowie knife |
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Buffalo Bill
February 26, 1846-January 10, 1917 American scout, showman, and trick-rider |
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Calamity Jane
1852-1903 American frontierswoman |
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Kit Carson
1809-1868 American frontiersman and scout |
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Johnny Appleseed Chapman
1774-1845 American pioneer |
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Eugenie Clark
May 4, 1922- American oceanographer and shark scientist |
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Christopher Columbus
1451-May 20, 1506 Italian explorer |
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Bessie Coleman
1896-April 30, 1926 African-American aviator |
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Michael Collins
October 31, 1930- American astronaut who saw the dark side of the moon |
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Captain James Cook
October 27, 1728-February 14, 1779 British naval officer and explorer |
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Jacques Cousteau
June 11, 1910-June 6, 1997 French undersea explorer who invented the SCUBA gear |
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Davy Crockett
1786-1836 American frontiersman |
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Sam Dale
1772-May 23, 1841 American frontiersman |
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Hernando deSoto
Spanish world-explorer
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Sir Francis Drake
?-January 28, 1596 English admiral and explorer |
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Amelia Earhart
1897-1937 American pilot; disappear while flying around the world |
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John Glenn
July 18, 1921- American astronaut and senator |
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John Harrison
British clock-maker
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Matthew Henson
August 8, 1866-March 9, 1955 American explorer of the Arctic |
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Sir Edmund Hillary
July 20, 1919-January 11, 2008 New Zealand mountaineer/climbed Mt. Everest |
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Henry Hudson
?-1611 English explorer of the world |
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Mae Jemison
October 17, 1956- American astronaut |
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Mary Kingsley
October 13, 1862-June 3, 1900 English explorer of Africa |
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Lewis and Clark
August 18, 1774-1809 American explorers |
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Charles Lindbergh
February 4, 1902-August 26, 1974 American pilot; first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean |
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Ferdinand Magellan
?-1521 Portuguese explorer of the world |
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Ellen Ochoa
May 10, 1058- Hispanic American astronaut |
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Marco Polo
1254-1323 Italian explorer of Asia |
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Sally Ride
May 26, 1951- American astronaut |
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Sacagawea
1786- Shoshoni Indian guide to Lewis and Clark |
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