John Dundas Cochrane
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John Dundas Cochrane (1780-1825), nicknamed the voyageur pédestre in France, was a Scottish traveller and explorer. A cousin of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, he crossed, on foot, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Russia and Asia to Kamchatka, dying in 1825 at Valencia in Colombia while travelling through South America, again by foot.
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Cochrane, Alexander, in collaboration with the 14th Earl of Dundonald, "The Fighting Cochranes: A Scottish Clan over six hundred years of naval and military history" 1983, Quiller Press, London ISBN 0907621198
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