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| Captain John Davis |
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1605
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Elizabethan Navigator and one of Devon’s greatest seaman, born at Sandridge Park near Stoke Gabriel. Conducted three expeditions to the Arctic Seas (1585-1587) in quest of a NW passage to India & China.
In 1587 he discovered the Strait between Greenland and Canada which bears his name. In 1592...
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| Captain Scott |
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1912
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Captain Robert Scott was born in Devonport near Plymouth where his father owned a brewery, he started his sailing days in Plymouth and became a captain in the Royal Navy. Between 1901 and 1904 he became a national hero when he set the new ‘furthest south’ record with an expedition...
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| John Hawley |
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An ex Mayor of Dartmouth and a flamboyant local shipmaster who built the 14th Century Dartmouth Castle to guard the mouth of the River Dart. Hawley is believed to be the inspiration for Chaucer’s character of the Shipmaster in “The Canterbury Tales”.
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| Sir Francis Drake |
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1596
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Drake was born in Tavistock some time between 1541 and 1543, his first trip to sea was at the age of 13, her went on to become a daring seafarer. On board the Golden Hind he circumnavigated the world between 1577 and 1580 – quite an achievement at the time....
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