Quen, Jean de: The Missionary Explorer
Ross, Sir James Clark, British Explorer. 1800 - 1862
Raleigh, Walter, British Explorer 1552 - 1618
Rasmussen, Knud, Greenland Explorer. 1879 - 1933
Robert Falcon Scott (UK, 1868-1912)
1901-4: Leads an expedition to Antarctica. Reaches 82°17' south and is the first to see the South Polar ice cap.
1910-2: Reaches the South Pole, but dies on the voyage back to his base camp, as do all other members of the group that reached the pole.
Tasman, Abel Janszoon - Dutch Explorer who discovered Tasmania (van Dieman's land) and New Zealand in 1642
Andres de Urdaneta (1508-1568) Spanish explorer who at 17 sailed around the world with Garcia Jofre de Loaysa
Vespucci, Amerigo - Italian born explorer after which America is named. (1454 - 1512)
Sir Hugh Willoughby--early British Arctic voyager sent out in 1553 with three vessels by a company of London merchants on a voyage of discovery, but the vessels were separated by a storm in the North Seas, and not one of them returned.
Xavier, St Francis (1506-52) He was a missionary in Goa, Celon and Japan so he must have discovered something.(Close as I could get)
Timofeyevich Yermak--16th century Russian who explored Siberia.
Zhang Quian 114BC Asia
How about Saints with their Feast Days and patrons of what - if they are.
St Augustine 26 May
St Basil the Great 2nd January
St. Columbanus, Irish Benedictine.
24/11.
Patron Saint of motorcyclists, apparently.
Prayer to Sts. Damian (and Cosmas), Patrons of Surgeons- September 26
St. Edmund the Martyr.
Born 840 , King of East Anglia.
Celebrated on 20 November
St. Francis of Assisi,
Patron Saint of Italy, animals and the environment.
October 4.
St. George, also known as the Victory Bringer. Soldier and Martyr.
Connected to the story of the Golden Legend.
Celebrated on 23 April.
ST HELENA - 18 Aug - patron of holy relics
St. Isidore of Seville. Born Spain 560
Celebrated 4 April.
Patron of computer technicians, computer users, computers and the Internet.
St Januarius - 7 Jan - Martyred at Heraclea.
More than a day late !!! A WEEK !!
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Dutchy,
that's good - - - computers in the 6th C !! big grin
St. Kentigern - 13 January - Born 518
Bishop, founder of the See of Glasgow, Scotland.
(Danon5, have a look at
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainti04.htm re computers)
