The Purfleet Rose, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
Posted by: 
greysman
N 52° 45.228 E 000° 23.532
31U E 324011 N 5848072
A compass rose with plaques commemorating eight 'adventurers' who sailed from Kings Lynn.
Waymark Code: WM9PRB
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/15/2010
Views: 6
They went from here to: Plaques reading clockwise from North.
Friar Nicholas Of Lynn
Died 1369
Voyaged to Iceland
Reputed Discoverer of the Americas
Admiral Lord Nelson
1758 - 1805
Hero of
The Nile, Copenhagen & Trafalgar
King Edward IV
1442 - 1483
Fled to Flanders
from the Port of Kings Lynn in 1460
Admiral James Burney
1750 - 1821
Explored with Cook & Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver
1757 - 1798
Searched for the North-West Passage
Acquired British Columbia for the Crown
Captain Samuel Gurney Cresswell
1827 - 1867
First Man to Navigate
the North-West Passage
Admiral Sir W.Edward Parry
1799 - 1855
Arctic Explorer
Captain John Smith
1580 - 1631
Virginia Pioneer
Founder of New England