Golden Era Adventurers, Explorers and Heroes...

[BellyTank]

Adventurers, Archeologists, Explorers... anyone who was 'out there' doing something exciting in the far away lands long from home- and what they were doing of course.

Egypt, Borneo, Africa, Antarctica....

Name some of the Golden Era's famous and exciting travelling, adventuring individuals please!
Images and/or references are welcome...

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[Nick Charles]

How bout Cooper

Merian C Cooper, aviator, traveler, explorer, movie maker

 

[BellyTank]

Excellent work Mr. C.!

They always said he had a Monkey on his back-

Keep 'em coming...

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[Mojave Jack]

My favorites

Here's a few that should make this list!

Freya Stark: explorer of the Arabian Peninsula, notable not only for her outstanding descriptions, but for her amazingly astute predictions of the locations of cities along ancient trade routes, which have since been ground-truthed right where she said they'd be.

Hiram Bingham: archaeologist and discoverer of Machu Picchu

Roy Chapman Andrews: paleontologist, and all around cool role-model

Wiley Post: pilot and adventurer known particularly for his 1931 around the world flight

Henry Breasted: archaeologist and founder of the Oriental Institute in Chicago (1922)

Ralph Bagnold, or just about any member of the Zurzura Club

OK, these two are a bit early for Golden Age adventurers, but they certainly meet the spirit!

Richard Burton: Adventurer, linguist, scholar, swordsman, rogue, genius, and discoverer of the source of the Nile

Lt. Colonel John H. Patterson: engineer and lion hunter

 

[Ken]

My personal favourite is George Mallory, possibly the first man to reach the summit of Everest

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mystery/mallory.html

I have always been fascinated about how they were able to climb the mountain in clothing made with 1920s technology when you consider some of the advances we have in mountaineering clothing and equipment today. I also wonder if its a feat that could ever be repeated.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/exposure/gear.html

Ken

 

[BellyTank]

Excellent!

It was actually Mojave Jack's mention in another thread, of Roy Chapman Andrews which prompted me finally to start this thread.

Thank You-

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[Biltmore Bob]

Dr. Livingstone, I presume...



David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary, doctor and explorer who helped open the heart of Africa to missions. His travels covered one-third of the continent, from the Cape to near the Equator, and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

Not Golden Era, but a helluva good guy...

 

[WetDog]

Let's not forget Howard Carter, highly-focused and passionate egyptologist.

Richard

 

[Slate Shannon]

Around the right time period

Here's another handful:

Beryl Markham Lady aviator

Carl von Hoffman Adventurer

Lowell Thomas Adventurer, radio personality, movie maker

Admiral Byrd Polar explorer

Col. Percy Fawcett English explorer

Col. Jim Corbett Tiger hunter

Wilfred Thesiger Desert explorer

Byron de Prorok and de Prorok again Archaeologist and adventurer

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Ernest Hemingway - I would be remisss if I didn't mention him. Mr. Hemingway immersed himself in African, Cuban, French, and Spanish cultures. He was a master hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman. -And he wrote a few stories on the side.

Ernest Shackleton - Perhaps a bit early, but he was a fearless explorer who put the well-being of his men in front of his own lust for fame and success, yet found both by doing precisely that.

Charles Lindberg - Lucky Lindy, what more can one say???

I'd say Howard Hughes again, but you're all probably sick of me talking about him.

Philip Percival - The Great White Hunter. No man knew Africa more intimately, nor loved it as dearly.

 

[Flitcraft]

Roald Amundsen, Arctic explorer, seems to fit the bill.
Not too early?

Bror Blixen, Great White Hunter, inspiration to Mr. Hemingway.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Just one off topic here.

I did love how the whole Queen Mary meet looked like a 1930's conference for the National Geographic Society... it was the mish mash of all the adventure wear.

 

[Mojave Jack]

Just one off topic here.

I did love how the whole Queen Mary meet looked like a 1930's conference for the National Geographic Society... it was the mish mash of all the adventure wear.

Matt, I think that's the best compliment I've gotten in a long time! Next year I'm definately wearing my pith helmet!

Here's an adventure couple I can't believe I forgot to include!
Osa and Martin Johnson: film makers, adventurers, and pilots.

I happened to be talking to Hemingway Jones, and he mentioned the seaplane featured in The Aviator, which was a Sikorsky S.38 or S.39. I referenced Osa' Ark, which was Osa's S.38 painted in zebra stripes, one of my all time favorite planes, not to mention the Johnson's themselves. To my mind, the Johnson's are the epitome of Golden Age adventure.

 

[Lauren]

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

 

[BellyTank]

That reminds me of Jean Batten, New Zealand's very own Golden Era aviatrix-

She flew solo from England to New Zealand in 1936 in her Percival Gull- she had previously smashed at least one other record.

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[BellyTank]

Here's Klaus Maria Brandauer playing Baron Bror Blixen in 'Out of Africa'-

...nice Bush jacket-

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[Explorer]

There are probably hundreds of explorers, adventurers, etc. that were active in the first half of the 20th century. Some of my favorites are:
- Theodore Roosevelt, hunter, explorer, soldier, president.
- Sven Hedin, explorer
- Frank Buck, adventurer, procurer of wild animals
- Jimmy Angel, pilot and discoverer of Angel Falls.
- Talbot Mundy, adventurer and writer.
- Gordon McCreagh, explorer and writer.
- Richard Halliburton, adventurer and writer.

 

[Nick Charles]

I too love TR and thought as long as Bring'em Back alive Buck was here so should Clyde Beatty, here he is in 1928

 

[BellyTank]

As Requested...

Here's Thorkild Jacobsen, Danish Archaeologist (1904-1993) looking dapper in the desert-

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[Mycroft]

Sidney Reilly (Sigmund Rosenblum)-Spy, Adventurer, Hero

IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/mycorftjw/reilly.jpg[/IMG]-The real one

-Sam O'Neil as him

Ian Fleming(is this too late in the century)-Spy, Author, Adventurer, Journalist

And one of my favorites: Billy Fiske-RAF Pilot, Olimpic Athlete, Land Deveoper, Patriot, Fighter of Anti-semitism, banker, speed demon