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| 1934: Jacques Cartier - 400th Anniversary of 1st voyage to Canada |
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| 1963: Martin Frobisher |
Martin Frobisher set out to find the North West Passage to the Orient. Like Cartier he would try to finance his expeditions by finding gold but both would have been wise to take a geologist with them to avoid disappointment when they arrived back with little of value.
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| 1982: Birth Centenary of Sir Douglas Mawson |
Jumping forward in time enter a geologist Douglas Mawson but his motivation was adventure and scientific knowledge however the famous 1911 Australian Antarctic expedition turned into a horror show, of which he was the only survivor. His book 'The Home of the Blizzard' gives a vivid account of this experience.
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| 1983: Explorers and Discoverers |
The interior of Australia is unforgiving. The German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt successfully travelled there twice but he and his companions disappeared on his third expedition never to be found. He is remembered for his extensive natural history collection and notes.
Robert O'Hare Burke and William John Wallis became the first Europeans to cross Australia north to south in 1861 however it was not the most professional of expeditions and they died during their return but entered Australian mythology as "heroic failures".
Sunday Stamps theme this week - Mustaches for movember - explore more at See It On A Postcard
5 comments:
All of this travelling without a map created some pretty disastrous decisions. Except for the Australian explorers, they all look as if they had taken a barber on board with them.
Goodness I learned about some new (to me) adventurers. I like reading about their adventures or trials.
Interesting faces and mustaches....I think they spent a lot of time grooming them
Nice selection, and I learned some things too!
I guess these men didn't have the time to shave...
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