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Alexander MacKenzie 1764-1820
MacKenzie was the first European to plot his way across the Rockies to the Pacific. He was later knighted and became politician in Canada before returning to Scotland in 1812.
Sir Samuel White Baker 1821-1893
Sir Samuel White Baker was an explorer and one of the earliest enthusiasts for a British occupation of Sri Lanka, which he first visited in 1846.
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