famous Welsh adventurers listing...

Edward Davis
In 1683 davis was quartermaster to captain cook when he took the ship of captain tristian, a french buccaneer based at petit guave in the west indies.
Born in wales.
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Howel Davis
Davis proved himself an enterprising and successful pirate chief, but preferred, whenever possible, to use strategy and cunning rather than force to gain his ends.
Born in milford haven, pembrokeshire.
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William Davis
At sierra leone davis quarelled with a shipmate, whom he beat and then deserted his ship to live ashore with the natives, one of whom he married and settled with.
Was known to be a welshman.
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Edward Eaton
Pirating with captain harris in the caribbean.
From wrexham, north wales.
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Robert William Edwards
Arrived in New Zealand 1820's, married a Maori Women during the troublesome period, Captain of whaling crew in Hawkes Bay, one of the builders of the famous Te Aute College where many an All Black has hailed from.
1875 affidavit states he was born in Wales, from a ship building family?
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Andrew J. Evans Jr.
Major General, USAF. Ace fighter pilot in WWII. Highest ranking POW in the Korean War.
Of Welsh descent. His father was Welsh.
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Sir Charles Evans
Second in command of the Everest expedition of 1953. Was in fact the first choice for accent to the summit but was defeated by bad weather. Had he done so, he would have achieved all the fame that Edmund Hillary received. In 1955 he led the Khan Chen Junga expedition.
Principal of University Collage Bangor.
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Edgar Evans
Travelled with Captain Scott to Antarctica in 1912.
From Middleton, Rhossili, Gower.
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