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‘The First and Greatest of English Geographers’

‘Rennell was in deadly peril. He was deprived of the use of both arms, and the loss of blood threatened immediate death. One stroke of a sabre had cut his right shoulder-blade through, and laid him open for nearly a … Continue reading

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