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Born December 14, 1730 • Scotland
Died April 27, 1794 (aged 63) • Scotland

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James Bruce, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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David Livingstone.
David Livingstone
Scottish explorer and missionary
Park, Mungo
Mungo Park
Scottish explorer
Rae, detail from an oil painting by S. Pearce; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Rae
Scottish explorer
Macgregor Laird
British explorer
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
British explorer
Sir Thomas Mackenzie
prime minister of New Zealand
Thomson, Joseph
Joseph Thomson
British explorer
Alexander Gordon Laing, engraving
Alexander Gordon Laing
Scottish explorer
C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
Sir C. Wyville Thomson
Scottish naturalist
Robert Fortune
Scottish botanist and traveler
James Augustus Grant
British explorer
Clapperton, Hugh
Hugh Clapperton
British explorer
Baikie, detail from an engraving, 1864
William Balfour Baikie
British explorer
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Scottish explorer
James Clark Ross.
Sir James Clark Ross
British explorer
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Chalmers, James
James Chalmers
Scottish missionary
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer

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