Use dmy dates date April 2012 Sir JohnHayes baptism bapt. 11 February 1768 3 July 1831 was an 18th century explorer for the British East India Company , who explored eastern Tasmania and named the Derwent River Tasmania Derwent River in 1793. ref name adb Australian Dictionary of Biography last Roe first Margriet authorlink year 1966 id A010487b title Hayes, Sir John 1768 1831 accessdate 20 August 2009 ref ref http www.australiaonthemap.org.au ll.html Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials ref References reflist Persondata NAME Hayes, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 11 February 1768 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 3 July 1831 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hayes, John Category 1768 births Category 1831 deaths Category British East India Company Marine personnel Category British explorers Category Explorers of Australia Category Knights Bachelor Category British military personnel of the American Revolutionary War Category British military personnel of the Third Anglo Mysore War Category British military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Category British military personnel of the Fourth Anglo Mysore War Category British military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category British military personnel of the First Anglo Burmese War UK explorer stub es JohnHayes explorador ... more details
In military JohnHayesexplorer 1768 1831 , of the British East India Company JohnHayes Royal Navy officer 1767 1775 &ndash 1838 Royal Navy admiral Sir John Macnamara Hayes , 1st baronet 1750? 1809 , military physician JohnHayes sailor 1832 1911 , American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient John B. Hayes 1924 2001 , U.S. Coast Guard commandant John Daniel Hayes , U.S. Navy admiral and naval historian John Osler Chattock Hayes 1913 1998 , British admiral In sports Johnny Hayes 1886 1965 , American marathon runner JohnHayes Australian footballer , former Fitzroy VFL captain JohnHayes cricketer born 1927 , New Zealand J. P. Hayes born 1965 , American golfer JohnHayes harness ...JohnHayes may refer to In academia JohnHayes museum director 1929 2005 , British art historian and museum director, expert on Gainsborough In entertainment JohnHayes director 1930 2000 , American director of low budget films John Michael Hayes born 1919 , American screenwriter JohnHayes radio , American radio executive JohnHayes guitarist , lead guitarist of Mother s Finest in 90s and 2000s In politics JohnHayes 1643 1705 , MP for Winchelsea JohnHayes Australian politician 1868 1956 , Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania, 1922 1923 John Henry Hayes born 1958 , British politician and MP John Henry Hayes Labour politician , Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill UK Parliament constituency Liverpool Edge Hill , 1923 1931 JohnHayes mayor , mayor of Cumberland, Maryland , 1852 1853 JohnHayes Irish politician died 1706 , Irish Member of Parliament, Doneraile Parliament of Ireland constituency Doneraile Se n Hayes Cork politician otherwise known as JohnHayes, died 1941 , Sinn F in member of the 1st D il ireann, and the 2nd and 3rd JohnHayes New Zealand politician , New Zealand diplomat and politician John F. Hayes attorney 1919 2010 , Kansas attorney and former Majority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives John F. Hayes floruit fl. 1960s , borough president ... more details
John Johnson was an Arctic explorer and World War II veteran. Johnson server as cook and mechanic for the MacGregor Arctic Expedition 1937 1938 . He was killed while on active duty during World War II . References Inglis, Robert A Scout Goes North , 1938 MacGregor, Cliffort J. Monthly Weather Review , October 1939 World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, State of New Jersey National Archive, June 1946 Sallach, David L. NJ Historical Commission Newsletter , February 1977 Vogel, Hal Ice Cap News , Nov Dec 1977 Vogel, Hal They Brought Their Own Storms , 1977 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnson, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Johnson, John Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Explorers of the Arctic Explorer stub ... more details
Image John Stuart explorer .jpg 200px thumb center John Stuart center John Stuart 12 September 1780 &ndash 14 January 1847 was a nineteenth century Scotland Scottish Canada Canadian explorer and fur trade r, employed by the North West Company . Stuart is best known as one of the two clerks the other being James McDougall explorer James McDougall who participated in Simon Fraser explorer Simon Fraser s explorations of present day British Columbia , Canada from 1805 to 1808. After Fraser returned to his work in the Athabaska Department in 1809, Stuart was placed in charge of the New Caledonia Canada New Caledonia District from its headquarters at Fort St. James , located on what would be named after him as Stuart Lake . In this position, Stuart was instrumental in establishing a number of new posts, most notably Kamloops House. He was also instrumental in disrupting competition by John Jacob Astor s Pacific Fur Company . Stuart became a partner in the North West Company in 1813 and a Chief Factor agent factor in the Hudson s Bay Company after its merger with the North West Company in 1821. Stuart is noted for his exploration of Fraser Lake , where he and Simon Fraser explorer Fraser built a post, now known as Fort Fraser . Stuart Lake and Stuart River , both in British Columbia are named after him. According to Father Adrien Gabriel Morice , a missionary and historian of northern British Columbia, Stuart seems to have been one of those well meaning men who, unconscious of their own ... Pacific Railway . John Stuart returned to Scotland in 1836 and died on the 14th of January 1847, at Springfield ... Regiment who fought in the Crimean War . John Stuart, after 1802. It is not known if John remained in Canada ... between the North West and Pacific Fur Companies BCGNIS 8733 John Stuart Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stuart, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 12 September 1780 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 14 January 1847 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stuart, John ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 John Baxter died 29 April 1841 was a friend and companion of Edward John Eyre on his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in 1840 1841. When the party was low on supplies and in desperate need of water, near the coast south of present day Caiguna, Western Australia Caiguna in Nuytsland National Park , Baxter was murdered by Yarry and Joey, two of the Indigenous Australians aboriginies with the group, who took guns and supplies then left only Eyre and Wylie person Wylie to complete the journey. The expeditions was at or past the point of no return and morale was low. Edward John Eyre and Wylie were fortunate to survive the journey to present day Albany. The western Australian Historical Society organised an expedition to locate Baxters remains. His scattered bones were discovered approx. 3 km from the cliffs. His memorial is a concrete pillar erected in 1930 with a brass plaque reading John Baxter, explorer , The Companion Of, John Edward Eyre, Was Killed Here By Natives, April 29th 1841 The memorial can be accessed by 4wd from Caiguna road house. It is approximately 35 km to Baxters memorial and a further 5 km to Baxters Lookout cliffs . The land scape is flat and vegetation stunted. An over night stay at baxters lookout gives a feel for the expeditions predicament. Use dmy dates date November 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Baxter, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 29 April 1841 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Baxter, John Category Explorers of Australia Category Explorers of South Australia Category 1841 deaths Category Year of birth missing Australia bio stub Explorer stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Use British English date April 2012 John Lander 1807 &ndash 6 November 1839 was the younger brother of Cornwall Cornish explorer Richard Lemon Lander and accompanied him on his first expedition to western Africa . The Lander brothers were sons of a Truro innkeeper. While Richard went to sea at a young age, John learned the printing trade. In 1830 the brothers went on an expedition to determine the course of the Niger River . They landed at Badagry in present day Nigeria , took Hugh Clapperton Clapperton s route to Bussa , then ascended the river for 160 kilometres before descending to explore the Benue River and the Niger Delta . They returned to Great Britain Britain in 1831. Richard returned to the Niger in 1832, but John took a job in a London Customs customs house instead. He died some years later, of a disease he had contracted in Africa. References ODNBweb id 15974 title Lander, John first Elizabeth last Baigent Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lander, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1807 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 6 November 1839 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lander, John Category 1807 births Category 1839 deaths Category Cornish explorers Category Explorers of Africa Category People from Truro Category People in Cornish history England bio stub Cornwall stub de John Lander ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 John Bean floruit 1751 57 was an explorer and mariner employed by the Hudson s Bay Company and involved in voyages to the Prince of Wales Fort . Bean was second mate on the Churchill sloop from 1751 to 1753. Part of Churchill s mandate was to explore the coast during her summer trading voyage north among the Eskimo s. No serious attempt was made to accomplish this during these three voyages. After these years, Bean was made master of the sloop and in 1755 and 1756 explored extensively during the summer season. His detailed journals tell of his exploration of the dangerous coast and reveal a resourceful and courageous man. External links http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 1203 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Canada hist stub Category Hudson s Bay Company people Bean, John Category Explorers of Canada Category 18th century explorers DEFAULTSORT Bean, John ... more details
John Whitehead 30 June 1860 2 June 1899 was an England English explorer , natural history naturalist and professional collector of bird specimens. Whitehead travelled in Malacca , North Borneo , Java , and Palawan between 1885 and 1888, where he collected a number of zoological specimens new to science, including Whitehead s Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi , writing up his experiences in a book on his return ref http digital.library.cornell.edu cgi t text text idx?c sea idno sea280 Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo 1893 ref . Between 1893 and 1896 he explored in the Philippines , again collecting many new species, including the Philippine Eagle , the binomial name of which commemorates Whitehead s father Jeffrey. Several species related to John Whitehead Whitehead s Woolly Bat Kerivoula whiteheadi Harpy Fruit Bat Harpyionycteris whiteheadi Whitehead s Spiny Rat Maxomys whiteheadi Luzon Striped Rat Chrotomys whiteheadi Tufted Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus whiteheadi Luzon Striped Rat Chrotomys whiteheadi frog from Borneo Meristogenys whiteheadi White winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi Whitehead s Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi Whitehead s Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi Spotted Wood owl Surnia whiteheadi Whitehead s Swiftlet Collocalia whiteheadi Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi Chestnut faced Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi Whitehead intended to return to the Philippines in 1899, but was he was forced to alter his plans by the Spanish American War . He instead travelled to the island of Hainan , where he died of fever. References ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Whitehead, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English explorer ... DEFAULTSORT Whitehead, John Category Explorers of Asia Category English explorers Category English ... Zoological collectors Category Summiters of Mount Kinabalu UK ornithologist stub UK explorer stub fr John Whitehead nl John Whitehead pt John Whitehead fi John Whitehead tutkimusmatkailija ... more details
other persons John Ross Use dmy dates date February 2011 Infobox person name John Ross image John Ross.jpg alt caption Portrait birth date Birth date df yes 1817 05 17 birth place Bridgend , Scotland death date Death date and age df yes 1903 02 05 1817 05 17 death place Norwood, South Australia nationality Scottish other names known for Leading exploration for the route of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line occupation Drover, explorer children 4 John Ross 17 May 1817 5 February 1903 was a Scottish Australian Drover Australian drover and explorer. Ross was born in Bridgend , Scotland . He emigrated to Australia in 1837, arriving in Sydney on 31 August 1837. He first gained employment as a shepherd for George Macleay and in 1838 he joined Charles Bonney in the first cattle drive from the Goulburn River to Adelaide . In South Australia he successfully managed several large sheep properties and conducted exploration of the area. In 1869 he explored the Stevenson River to Eringa and Mount Humphries he named the mountains after his children, Sarah, Rebecca, Alexander and John. In 1870 his then employer Thomas Elder recommended Ross service to Charles Todd astronomer Charles Todd , the colony s superintendent of telegraphs and government astronomer. Todd employed Ross to lead exploration of the route for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line . Ross party ventured across the MacDonnell Ranges , the Simpson Desert , the Phillipson and Giles creeks and the Fergusson Ranges they also discovered the Todd River . In March 1871 he discovered and named Alice Springs , however he found out that W. W. Mills has been there before him. The party eventually made their way to Darwin. Ross ... biogs A060067b.htm Ross, John 1817 1903 , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume ... Ross, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 17 May 1817 PLACE OF BIRTH Bridgend ..., John Category 1871 births Category 1903 deaths Category Explorers of Australia Category Scottish emigrants ... more details
Private John Shields 1769 1809 was, at 35, the oldest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . Early life John Shields was born in Rockingham County, VA in 1769. His parents were Robert Shields and Nancy Stockton, who were known as the Parents of the Ten Brothers . He is one of twelve children sired by Robert and Nancy, Janet the only daughter, who would marry Joshua Tipton and have son John Tipton , Richard, David, and William are all elder siblings, followed by John himself , James, Joseph, Arnett, Ezekial who did not survive his first year , Benjamin, Joshua, and Robert. John and his brothers helped his parents build Shield s Fort, which is located where modern day Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Early history Pigeon Forge is, near where Dollywood currently stands. Most of the cabins found in Cades Cove near Pigeon Forge were built by the family also. Family In 1790, John married wife Nancy. Nancy and John fathered a daughter, named Martha Jennette, who would grow to marry John Tipton John Shields Tipton . Lewis & Clark Expedition Shields served as a private for the Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis & Clark Expedition from October 19, 1803 until October 10, 1806. Despite the Captains rule .... John served as gunsmith and blacksmith for the duration of the expedition. Along with Private rank Private John Colter , he threatened John Ordway s life on March 29, 1804. He was put on trial for mutiny, but spared. See John Ordway for more information. Lewis would say of him Nothing was more peculiarly ..., Shields did some fur trapping in Missouri with Daniel Boone , to whom he was related. John settled ... in July 1807. In 1809, John died in Harrison County. A List of Indiana state historical markers ... in Corydon, Indiana. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Shields, John ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH Indiana DEFAULTSORT Shields, John Category Lewis and Clark Expedition Category American explorers Category 1769 births Category 1809 deaths explorer stub ... more details
John Cunningham c. 1575 1651 was a Scotland Scottish explorer who served under the Denmark Danish flag. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV s Expeditions to Greenland In Denmark he was known as Hans K ning . In 1603 he became a captain in the Danish navy. In 1605 he was captain of the Trost and Chief Commander of the Danish expedition to Greenland on the three ships Trost , Den R de L ve commanded by Godske Lindenov and Katten commanded by John Knight . James Hall explorer James Hall was the expedition pilot. He again went to Greenland the following year as part of an even larger expedition, but this time only as captain of Den R de L ve . In 1615 he was among the commanders aboard the naval expedition under Gabriel Kruse sent to Spitsbergen to demand tolls from foreign History of whaling whalers . There he encountered Robert Fotherby , Thomas Edge , and Adriaen Block . The following year he was part of the naval expedition under J rgan Daa sent to rid the coasts of Norway , the Faeroe s, and Iceland of illegal whalers and pirate s. He served as captain of the Gabriel . In 1619 he was made Governor of the Province of Finnmark , a post he retained until his death in 1651. References http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 149 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online cite book last Brica first Carl Frederik title Dansk biografisk lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537 1814 year 1890 publisher Kj benhavn Gyldendal F. Hegel & S n cite book last Conway first William Martin title No Man s Land A History of Spitsbergen from Its ... state collapsed Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cunningham, John ALTERNATIVE ... Cunningham, John Category 1651 deaths Category Scottish explorers Category 17th century explorers ... Navy Category History of the Arctic Category Year of birth uncertain ca John Cunningham es John Cunningham explorador ru , sv John Cunningham ... more details
Other people2 John Bell disambiguation John Bell Circa c. 1799 &ndash 24 June 1868 was a Hudson s Bay Company governor and explorer. In 1839, he was sent to explore the land west of the Mackenzie River . With the assistance of Alexander Kennedy Isbister , he established Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories Fort McPherson , Northwest Territories on the Peel River Canada Peel River not far from the Mackenzie, and explored the Peel into what is now the Yukon Territory . In 1845, he crossed the mountains into the Yukon River watershed, and went down the Rat River to its confluence with the Porcupine River . The Rat River has been renamed the Rock River Yukon Bell River in his honour. After managing the fur trade at Fort McPherson until 1845, he returned to the Bell River, and Followed the Porcupine to its juncture with the Yukon River , the eventual site of Fort Yukon, Alaska Fort Yukon . He set the stage for the Yukon trade which proved extremely lucrative for the Hudson s Bay Company and for Canada s claim over what is now the Yukon Territory. He had some involvement in organizing James Clark Ross s 1848&ndash 1849 expedition to search for Sir John Franklin , and continued working in the Mackenzie District for the Hudson s Bay Company until 1860. After retiring from the company, he farmed in Saugeen, Ontario Saugeen , Ontario until his death. External links http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 4292 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bell, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 24 June 1868 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bell, John Category History of Yukon Category Explorers of Canada Category Canadian fur traders Category 1790s births Category 1868 deaths Category Year of birth uncertain ... more details
About the nineteenth century Scottish explorer other people of the same name John Wood disambiguation John Wood 1812 &ndash 14 November 1871 was a Scotland Scottish Officer armed forces naval officer , Surveying surveyor , Cartography cartographer and explorer , principally remembered for his exploration of central Asia . Wood was born in Perth, Scotland . After schooling at Perth Academy, he joined the History of the Indian Navy British Indian Navy and soon demonstrated a flair for surveying . Many of the maps of southern Asia which he compiled remained standard for the rest of the nineteenth century. In 1835, aged twenty two, he commanded the first steamboat to paddle up the Indus River and surveyed the river as he went. Four years later he led an expedition up the Pamir River to Lake Zorkul Wood s Lake , which he took to be the source of Amu Darya River Oxus ref Robert Middleton, Huw Thomas and Monica Whitlock, Tajikistan and the High Pamirs. A Companion Guide , Odyssey Publication, Hongkong 2008, ref . He was the first European in the Pamir Mountains since Bento de Goes , and it was Wood ... or Roof of the World was a native expression presumably Wakhi language . ref John Keay, When Men ... his work by awarding the 29 year old Lieutenant John Woods its Gold Medal RGS Patron s Medal in 1841 ... books.google.at books?id aiAPAAAAYAAJ&dq John Wood Journey&printsec frontcover&source bl&ots sgKRGY3Ors ..., and 1838 , London John Murray publisher John Murray , 1841. A Journey to the Source of the River ... Henry Yule. London John Murray. 1872. br Reprints br Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish MT 2007 ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wood, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish explorer DATE OF BIRTH 1812 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 14 November 1871 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wood, John Category Explorers of Central Asia Category Scottish cartographers Category Scottish explorers ... Academy de John Wood Forscher fr John Wood explorateur ... more details
Other persons John Evans Refimprove date February 2008 Image Map of Missouri River and Vicinity.jpg thumb John Evans map John Thomas Evans April 1770 May 1799 was a Wales Welsh explorer who produced an early map of the Missouri River . John Evans was born in Waunfawr , near Caernarfon . In the early 1790s there was an upsurge of interest in Wales in the story of Madog having discovered America, and there were persistent rumours in North America of the existence of a tribe of Welsh Native Americans in the United States Indians , identified with the Mandan . Iolo Morgannwg had originally intended to explore the Missouri to discover these Welsh Indians and John Evans was to have gone with him. However Iolo withdrew from the expedition and John Evans embarked for the United States alone, arriving in Baltimore in October 1792. In the spring of 1793 he made his way to St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis in Spanish Louisiana, where he was imprisoned for a while on suspicion of being a spy. In April 1795 he set off on an expedition with Spain Spanish backing to explore the Missouri and to try to discover a South Pass route to the Pacific Ocean from its headwaters. He found the Mandan in 1796, and spent the winter with them before returning to St. Louis in 1797. However he found no trace of Welsh speakers among them. He had travelled 1,800 miles up the Missouri from its confluence with the Mississippi , and he produced a map showing the course of the river. This map, passed on by Thomas Jefferson ... article.asp?ArticleID 832 Part of John Evans map Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Evans, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1770 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1799 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Evans, John Category Explorers of North America Category People from Gwynedd Category Welsh explorers Category 1770 births Category 1799 deaths cy John Evans fforiwr de John Evans Entdecker fi John Evans tutkimusmatkailija ... more details
John Lawson 1714 publisher American Philosophical Society url http www.amphilsoc.org library exhibits nature lawson.htm accessdate 2006 11 11 cite web title John Lawson Explorer, Historian, and Co ...for other John Lawsons John Lawson disambiguation John Lawson 1674? 1711 was a United Kingdom British explorer, naturalist and writer. He played an important role in the history of colonial North Carolina , publicizing his expeditions in a book, and founding two settlements. Early life and education John Lawson was born in England . Little is known definitively about his early life. His education seems evidenced by his books. His freedom to explore and take charge suggest he was well placed in society. After an acquaintance in London assured him that Carolina was the best country , Lawson as a young man sailed for the North American colonies, arriving in Charleston, South Carolina on August 15, 1700. Image Lawson1709.jpg thumb right Cover of John Lawson s 1709 book Exploration Beginning December 28, 1700 Lawson led a small expedition out of Charleston and up the Santee River by canoe and then on foot to explore the Carolina backcountry. Along the way he took careful note of the vegetation, wildlife and, in particular, the many Indian tribes he encountered. He traveled nearly 600 miles ... 1838 John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina , at Project Gutenberg http docsouth.unc.edu nc lawson menu.html John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina , at Documenting the South , University of North Carolina References cite web title John Lawson Digital Exhibit publisher Joyner Library, East Carolina University ..., John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1674 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1711 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, John Category British explorers Category People from North Carolina Category 1674 births Category 1711 deaths Category Place of birth unknown de John Lawson Entdecker nl John Lawson ontdekkingsreiziger no John Lawson ... more details
parents relations callsign signature Signature of John Davis explorer .jpg website footnotes John ...Other people John Davis Infobox person name John Davis image JohnDavis sailor .jpg image size 200 px caption 17th century painting of Davis birth name birth date 1550 birth place Sandridge, Devon , England death date death date 1605 12 29 df y death place off Malay peninsula death cause Murder resting place resting place coordinates residence nationality England English ethnicity White person White ... education alma mater employer occupation Explorer , navigator home town title salary networth ... ref name EB cite web url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 152794 John Davis title John ... had been introduced. ref cite news first last coauthors title John Davis Master Navigator date 2004 ... England in 1606. References reflist External links cite book author1 John Davis author2 John Carter ... 30 September 2011 year 1633 publisher Published for the John Carter Brown Library by Scholars Facsimiles & Reprints cite book author Sir Clements Robert Markham title A life of John Davis, the navigator ... images upload Books.htm Ray Freeman and Eric Preston. John Davis 1543 1605, The Master Navigator ... and Works of John Davis the Navigator . Hakluyt Society . Descriptions of the three voyages ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Davis, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1550 ... peninsula DEFAULTSORT Davis, John Category 1550 births Category 1605 deaths Category Baffin Bay Category ... period bg ca John Davis explorador angl s cs John Davis da John Davis de John Davis Entdecker et John Davis es John Davis explorador del siglo XVI fr John Davis explorateur anglais ko id John Davis pengelana Inggris he ka lt John Davis hu John Davis felfedez nl John Davis ontdekkingsreiziger ja no John Davis oppdager pl John Davis eglarz ru , fi John Davis l yt retkeilij sv John Davis uppt cktsresande ... more details
the cathedral. Legacy Image John Rae explorer .jpg left 200px Rae Strait between King William Island ...Infobox person name div style font size 100 letter spacing 0.25px Dr John Rae div span style font size ... FRS &emsp Royal Geographical Society FRGS span image John Rae by Stephen Pearce.jpg image size ... s Bay Company occupation Physician , explorer years active 1833&ndash 1864 home town title Dr ... br span style line height 130 John Rae s Correspondence with The Hudson s Bay Company on Arctic Exploration ... John Rae 1813&ndash 1893 A Preliminary Note &emsp unpublished&thinsp . span height awards Royal Geographical ... small boards religion spouse Catherine Jane Alicia Thompson partner children parents John Rae and Margaret Glen Campbell relations signature John rae signature.png monuments Marble statue and plaque br St. Magnus Cathedral John Rae small Inuktitut small Lang iu Aglooka &emsp &thinsp lang iu ... Passage The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin ... Aglooka , he who takes long strides. In 1846 Rae went on his first expedition and in 1848 joined John Richardson naturalist Sir John Richardson in searching for the Northwest Passage . Search for Franklin ... about the fate of the lost naval expedition. ref cite journal last Rae first John date 30 December .... In 1884 at age 71 he was again working for the Hudson s Bay Company, this time as an explorer of the Red .... John Rae died from an aneurysm in London on 22 July 1893. A week later his body arrived in Orkney. He ... cite web url http www.mhs.mb.ca docs pageant 04 rae j.shtml title Dr. John Rae accessdate 25 August ... of his death, dying quietly in London. In comparison fellow Scot and contemporary explorer ... and learning the fate of Sir John Franklin Franklin s crews. Authors such as Ken McGoogan have noted ... The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin Toronto HarperFlamingo ... Dr John Rae And The Restoration Of The Hall Of Clestrain ref In March 2009 he introduced a further ... more details
John Dunn born 1954 is a wilderness explorer , writer and photographer , originally from England , but now based in Calgary , Canada . ref name expo trips He has completed a number of wikt pioneer pioneer ing expeditions throughout northern Canada and the Canadian Arctic . He writes for Canadian Geographic ref name cangeo cite web url http www.canadiangeographic.ca magazine back issues contributor.asp?contrib John Dunn&id 1758 title Articles by John Dunn at Canadian Geographic publisher Canadian Geographic accessdate 5 May 2011 ref and National Geographic magazine National Geographic magazines and conducts illustrated talks worldwide. ref name expo trips He holds a degree in geology and worked for a time in the Australian Outback before moving to explore the Canadian Arctic. ref cite web title John Dunn Biography url http www.arcticlight.com john bio.html publisher John Dunn accessdate 4 November 2009 ref Expeditions Dunn has completed a number of expeditions during his career. Many of them have been pioneering, being the first recorded human powered traverses of remote areas. Ellesmere Island, 1990 In 1990, Dunn led a four man team on the first human powered traverse of Canada s Ellesmere Island . The 96 day, convert 1250 km mi 0 journey was conducted on skis with the team pulling sleds containing supplies and photography equipment. ref name expo trips cite web title John Dunn Frozen Footsteps Trekking in the Arctic last Woodward first Susan url http www.expeditiontrips.com research arctic information expedition.asp publisher ExpeditionTrips.com date accessdate 4 November 2009 ref Baffin Island, 1994 In 1994, Dunn and his team completed the first human powered crossing of Baffin ... John Dunn s adventure in northern British Columbia publisher Canadian Geographic url http ... John Dunn s Photography Website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dunn, John ... Dunn, John Category Living people Category Explorers Category 1954 births ... more details
at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Cite Appletons Ross, Johnexplorer year 1900 notaref x Royal Navy Arctic exploration Polar exploration state collapsed Persondata NAME Ross, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Explorer DATE OF BIRTH 24 June 1777 PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland DATE OF DEATH 30 August 1856 PLACE OF DEATH London , England DEFAULTSORT Ross, John Category 1777 births ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Other people John Ross Infobox person name Sir John Ross image JohnRossA.jpeg birth date Birth date 1777 6 24 df y birth place Scotland death date death date and age 1856 8 30 1777 6 24 df y death place London , England Sir John Ross , Order of the Bath CB , 24 June 1777 30 August 1856 was a Scottish people Scottish rear admiral and Arctic List of explorers explorer . Ross was the son of The Reverend the Rev. Andrew Ross, minister of Inch, near Stranraer in Scotland ... became a Commander . Sir John was the uncle of Captain Sir James Clark Ross , who explored ... , in Canada . There he re examined the observations William Baffin , a previous British explorer ... explorers h24 1810 e.html John Ross The Arctic and More 19th Century Pathfinders ... islands in James Ross Strait and named them the Francis Beaufort Beaufort Islands . John Ross never saw the islands. Later, back in England, John Ross, using his authority as expedition leader, renamed ... expedition party of Sir John Franklin . He did not find them. In the following year he attained flag ... pioneers John Ross and James Clark Ross year 1994 publisher McGill Queen s University Press location ... explorers Category National Historic Persons of Canada bg ca John Ross explorador rtic da John Ross polarforsker de John Ross Polarforscher es John Ross explorador rtico eu John Ross esploratzailea fr John Ross explorateur it John Ross nl John Ross ja pt John Ross explorador ro John Ross cercet tor polar sl John Ross sv John Ross ... more details
File John Kirk retired.png thumb John Kirk, retired Sir John Kirk CMG KCB December 19, 1832 &ndash January 15, 1922 was a Scotland Scottish physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone , and British administrator in Zanzibar . He was born in Barry, near Arbroath, Scotland and is buried in St. Nicholas s churchyard in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. He earned his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh . He was a keen botanist throughout his life and was highly regarded by successive directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew Sir William Hooker , Joseph Dalton Hooker and William Thistleton Dyer . File JohnKirk1908.jpg thumb left After the death of Livingston, Kirk pledged to continue Livingston s work to end the East African slave trade. For years he negotiated with the ruler of Zanzibar , Sultan Bargash, gaining his confidence and promising to help enrich the East African domain through legitimate commerce. The Sultan banned slave trading in 1873 and by 1885, the region was larger and more profitable. Unfortunately, after the Berlin Conference, the British Government ... of Science 1859 , 185 6. Hints to Travellers Extracts from a Letter from John Kirk , Journal of the Royal ... of the Zoological Society of London 1865 , 227. Letter from Dr. John Kirk of the Livingstone ... Society 1862 , 7, 389 92. Letter from Dr. John Kirk, Physician and Naturalists to the Livingstone ... Society 1859 , 6, 317 21, plate VII. Letter from John Kirk to Professor Balfour , Transactions ... 38, no. 1 35 52. Foskett, Reginald, ed. 1965. The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr. John Kirk ... Trade John kirk, the Livingstone Expeditions, and the Crusade against Slavery in East Africa ... . NAME Kirk, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish naturalist DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1832 PLACE OF BIRTH Barry DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1922 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kirk, John Category ... de John Kirk es John Kirk eo John Kirk fr John Kirk pt John Kirk sv John Kirk ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Other persons John King John King disambiguation Infobox person name John King image John King explorer .jpg alt caption John King birth date Birth date df yes 1838 12 05 birth place Moy, Northern Ireland Moy , Tyrone County Tyrone , Ireland death date Death date and age df yes 1872 01 15 1838 12 05 death place St Kilda, Victoria St Kilda nationality Irish other names known for Survivor of the Burke and Wills expedition and first European to cross Australia from north to south. occupation Soldier, camel handler, explorerJohn King 15 December 1838 &ndash 15 January 1872 was an Ireland Irish soldier who achieved fame as an Australia n explorer . He was the sole survivor of the four men from the ill fated Burke and Wills expedition who reached the Gulf of Carpentaria . The expedition was the first to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent ... William King b.1823 Elizabeth King b.1835 Migrated to Australia in 1858. Samuel King b.1838 John King 5 December 1838 &ndash 15 January 1872 . John King was educated at the Royal Hibernian Military ... with Landells as second in command. William John Wills was Surveyor surveying surveyor and astronomical ... General Cemetery . See also Burke and Wills expedition Robert O Hara Burke William John Wills References ... of Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills . Melbourne Wilson and Mackinnon. Attwood, Alan, 2003 ... and death of Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers . Melbourne John Ferres Government Printer. Wills, William John, & Wills, Dr William, 1863. A successful exploration ... and letters of William John Wills . London Richard Bentley. External links http www.burkeandwills.net.au ... & Wills Historical Society. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME King, John ALTERNATIVE ... St Kilda DEFAULTSORT King, John Category 1838 births Category 1872 deaths Category Explorers of Australia ... of 1857 Category Deaths from tuberculosis de John King Entdecker ... more details
John Strachan 1846 &ndash 30 August 1922 was a Scottish born Australian shipmaster and explorer. Born in Montrose, Angus Montrose , Scotland , to engineer John Strachan and Sarah, n e Delarne, Strachan s family moved to England in 1853 where he studied engineering before running away to sea, fighting for the United States of America Union in the American Civil War , sailing on the trade routes from India to Japan , whaling in the Arctic , advising the Prince of Higo in Japan, and managing guano workings on Baker Island . He arrived in Tasmania on 25 April 1872 as mate of the Rita , and on 3 March 1875 married Alice Sarah Henrietta Plummer at Launceston, Tasmania Launceston . He worked at Bird Islands Queensland Bird Island in the Coral Sea managing more guano workings and visited Torres Strait in September 1875. ref name adb Cite web last Gibbney first H. J. authorlink coauthors title Strachan, John 1846 1922 work Australian Dictionary of Biography publisher Australian National University date 1976 url http adb.anu.edu.au biography strachan john 4650 format doi accessdate 8 November 2011 ref Subsequently Strachan established himself in Sydney before becoming New Guinea correspondent for the The Age Age , embarking on an exploratory trip down the Mai Kassa River on 6 May 1884 which resulted in considerable fighting with the indigenous people and the death of one of Strachan s companions his use of an improvised torpedo provoked widespread condemnation in Sydney. He went on another expedition to the Mai Kassa and the Gulf of Papua in September but in January 1886 his claim of discovery was disallowed for 500,000 acres of the area he explored. In 1887 he appealed to the Colonial Office , which dismissed his claim as excitable and rather ignorant . After exploring McClure s Gulf ... Strachan, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1846 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 30 August 1922 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Strachan, John Category 1846 births Category 1922 deaths ... more details
John McLeod born 1795 died after 1842 was a Scotland Scottish born explorer of Canada , in his capacity as a fur trade r with the North West Company and Hudson s Bay Company . He is remembered primarily for his explorations of several major rivers of the southwestern Northwest Territories , southern Yukon Territory , and northern British Columbia . McLeod arrived in Montreal , headquarters of the North West Company, in 1816. From there, he was assigned to the Churchill River Hudson Bay Churchill River area as a clerk. Following the merger of the two fur trading companies in 1821, McLeod served at various posts in the Athabasca and Mackenzie River Districts of the Hudson s Bay Company. In 1823, McLeod was assigned as manager of the Fort Simpson fur trading post, located at the junction of the Liard River Liard and Mackenzie Rivers, where he would remain nine years as deputy to the Chief Trader. In 1823 24, McLeod completed explorations of nine mountain ranges adjacent to the South Nahanni River, during which he opened trading relations with the Kaska First Nations First Nation . McLeod s most important expedition took place in the summer of 1831. Leaving Fort Simpson on June 28, 1831, McLeod and eight others became the first known Europeans to ascend the Liard River , a major tributary of the Mackenzie River. This expedition also included a partial ascent of the Dease River and ascent of Frances River to Frances Lake which McLeod mistook for the main branch of the Liard . In sum, McLeod s expedition covered close to 1000 km, and established contact with five First Nations. Following this trip, Governor George Simpson administrator George Simpson briefly transferred McLeod to the Montreal Department, and then back to the Mackenzie River District. He was named Chief Trader ... Biography online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macleod, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES ..., John Category 1795 births Category Explorers of British Columbia Category Canadian fur traders ... more details
John Murray c.1775&ndash c.1807 was a seaman and explorer of Australia . He was the first European to discover Port Phillip , the bay on which the cities of Melbourne and Geelong are situated. He is believed to be born in Edinburgh and began his naval career as an able seaman in 1789. He served as a midshipman in the HMS Polyphemus 1782 Polyphemus from October 1794 to May 1797 as mate in the HMS Apollo 1794 Apollo from May to December 1797, as second master and pilot of the Blazer from January to July 1798 and as mate of the Porpoise from October 1798 to July 1800. Later that year he passed his lieutenant s examination. In November 1800 he arrived in New South Wales on the ship HMS Porpoise 1799 Porpoise . He accompanied James Grant navigator James Grant as mate on the Lady Nelson on the surveys of Jervis Bay , Westernport Bay and the Hunter River in 1801. After his return to Sydney Grant resigned his command, and in September Philip Gidley King Governor King appointed Murray as acting lieutenant and commander of the Lady Nelson . After a voyage to Norfolk Island , Murray was instructed to continue the exploration of the southern coastline. He set out from Sydney on 12 November for the Kent ... south west of a mile distant. John Murray Ships log Lady Nelson ref Lee1915 The Logbooks of the Lady ... of a Lieutenant John Murray, though it is not certain if this refers to the same person, as the name ... year 1967 id A020239b.htm title Murray, John 1775? 1807? accessdate 2008 11 25 Dictionary of Australian Biography First John Last Murray Link http gutenberg.net.au dictbiog 0 dict biogMu My.html murray2 accessdate 2008 11 25 cite book last Wilson first Philip St. John year 1934 title The pioneers ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Murray, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1775 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Murray, John Category 1775 births Category Explorers ... bg de John Murray Forscher fr John Murray explorateur ... more details
Dr John Hemming , Order of St Michael and St George CMG born 5 January 1935 is a Canada Canadian explorer and author, expert on Incas and indigenous peoples of Amazonia . Biography Hemming was born in Vancouver because his Canadian father, Henry Harold Hemming OBE , Military Cross MC , ref http www.thepeerage.com p22493.htm i224926 www.thepeerage.com ref had been through the trenches in the First World War , saw the Second World War Second coming, and wanted him to be born in North America . So he sent John s mother, Alice Hemming OBE , a well known journalist, ref http www.archiveshub.ac.uk news ... ref on a cruise through the Panama Canal that ended in British Columbia . John and his sister Louisa ... out and buried in the British cemetery in Rio de Janeiro . ref Obituary of Richard Mason , by John ... Brooks, Ren Fuerst, John Hemming, Francis Huxley 1972 ref Over the following 26 years he completed ... In 1975, John Hemming became Director and Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society , a post he held ... project. John Hemming is currently Chairman of the Amazon Charitable Trust, a trustee of The John Ellerman Foundation, ref http www.ellerman.org.uk The John Ellerman Foundation website ref ... The story of the Amazon.html Hugh Thomson, The Daily Telegraph, 16 April 2008 ref John Hemming is the father of Beatrice and writer Henry Hemming . External links http www.johnhemming.co.uk John Hemming s website http www.telegraph.co.uk travel artsandculture 1586214 John Hemming the rainforest man.html John Hemming the rainforest man , interview in The Daily Telegraph, 2008 Bibliography 1970 http ... and Hudson References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hemming, John ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Hemming, John Category 1935 births Category Living people Category Canadian expatriates ... Category Old Etonians Category Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford it John Hemming no John Hemming nn John Hemming uk ... more details
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