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1st Channel Swim

Name: 1st Channel Swim – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Sport / Athletics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1875Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1875

Mathew Web1875

English Channel · Sport / Athletics

1st to swim the English Channel

Names involved

Mathew Web

Provenance

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