There are 30 entries of Dead Explorers in the Atlas

Oslo, Norway

Fram Museum

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship

Natural History, Unique Collections, Dead Explorers

05 Aug 2009

Ross Island, Antarctica

Discovery Hut

Wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins, Dead Explorers

17 Feb 2010

Lima, Peru

Pizarro's Tomb

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else

Relics and Reliquaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship, Dead Explorers

14 May 2010

Vatican City, Vatican

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy

Marvelous Maps and Measures, Repositories of Knowledge, Dead Explorers

18 Jun 2012

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Mercator Museum

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator

Unique Collections, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Dead Explorers

27 May 2010

Santo Domingo, FL

Faro a Colon (Columbus Lighthouse)

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Dead Explorers

01 Jul 2010

Florence, Italy

Medici Hall of Maps - Sala delle Carte Geografiche

54 exquisite hand painted Renaissance maps decorating a Medici storage room

Marvelous Maps and Measures, Repositories of Knowledge, Dead Explorers

28 Jun 2010

Madrid, Spain

Juan de la Cosa Map

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop

Marvelous Maps and Measures, Dead Explorers

29 Jun 2010

Chicago, Illinois

Tsavo Man Eaters

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers

Fascinating Fauna, Hunting and Taxidermy, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers

01 Jul 2012

Cape Royds, Antarctica

Shackleton's Antarctic Hut

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Dead Explorers

02 Aug 2010

San Francisco, California

Gjoa Monument

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage

Dead Explorers

10 Aug 2010

Persepolis, Iran

Graffiti at Persepolis

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley

Incredible Ruins, Dead Explorers

16 Sep 2010

There are 30 entries of Dead Explorers in the Atlas

Fram Museum

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship

Discovery Hut

Wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Pizarro's Tomb

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy

Mercator Museum

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator

Faro a Colon (Columbus Lighthouse)

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else

Medici Hall of Maps - Sala delle Carte Geografiche

54 exquisite hand painted Renaissance maps decorating a Medici storage room

Juan de la Cosa Map

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop

Tsavo Man Eaters

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers

Shackleton's Antarctic Hut

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky

Gjoa Monument

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage

Graffiti at Persepolis

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley

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There are 30 entries of Dead Explorers in the Atlas

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship

Wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else

54 exquisite hand painted Renaissance maps decorating a Medici storage room

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley

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This is what we believe:

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