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explorers who wrote autobiography
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Jon Krakauer (born 1954)
journalist, explorer, mountaineer
- Hampshire College
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
explorer, military officer, politician, statesperson, army officer
- United States Military Academy
Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006)
explorer, photographer, mountaineer, alpine skier, geographer, golfer
- University of Graz
Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)
explorer, military officer, traveler, polar explorer
- Dulwich College, Brighton Grammar School
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
geologist, explorer, ethologist, naturalist, philosopher, botanist
- University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh Medical School
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1499-1558)
conquistador, explorer, military personnel, historian
Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003)
explorer, diplomat, historian, military personnel, photographer, traveler, botanical collector
- University of Oxford, Eton College
André Thévet (1515-1592)
explorer, journalist, cosmographer, geographer, historian, translator, engraver, world traveler, visual artist