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1,530 people

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Miguel Corte-Real

Miguel Corte-Real

1448 – 1502 · Age 54
Deceased
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William Trelease

1857 – 1945 · Age 87
Deceased
Robert Gray

Robert Gray

1755 – 1806 · Age 51
Deceased
Philip Gidley King

Philip Gidley King

1758 – 1808 · Age 50
Deceased
Finn Malmgren

Finn Malmgren

1895 – 1928 · Age 33
Deceased
Park Young Seok

Park Young Seok

1963 – 2011 · Age 47
Deceased
Pêro Escobar

Pêro Escobar

1401 – 1501
Deceased
Raymond Priestley

Raymond Priestley

1886 – 1974 · Age 87
Deceased
Konstantin Badigin

Konstantin Badigin

1910 – 1984 · Age 73
Deceased
Frédéric Cailliaud

Frédéric Cailliaud

1787 – 1869 · Age 81
Deceased
Albert Hastings Markham

Albert Hastings Markham

1841 – 1918 · Age 76
Deceased
William Henry Holmes

William Henry Holmes

1846 – 1933 · Age 86
Deceased
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Hotu Matu'a

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Eric Shipton

Eric Shipton

1907 – 1977 · Age 69
Deceased
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Yñigo Ortiz de Retez

Deceased
William Scoresby

William Scoresby

1789 – 1857 · Age 67
Deceased
Frederick Coyett

Frederick Coyett

1615 – 1687 · Age 72
Deceased
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Leonhard Rauwolf

1535 – 1596 · Age 61
Deceased
Hans Schinz

Hans Schinz

1858 – 1941 · Age 82
Deceased
George de Roerich

George de Roerich

1902 – 1960 · Age 57
Deceased
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Andreas Heckmair

1906 – 2005 · Age 98
Deceased
Valerian Albanov

Valerian Albanov

1882 – 1919 · Age 36
Deceased
Gabriel Bonvalot

Gabriel Bonvalot

1853 – 1933 · Age 80
Deceased
Aloha Wanderwell

Aloha Wanderwell

1907 – 1996 · Age 88
Deceased
Alexander von Kaulbars

Alexander von Kaulbars

1844 – 1925 · Age 80
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11900058