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A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Age: 82 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 3
Died: 1962
Died: August 26
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