Thomas Fletcher Waghorn (20 June 1800-7 January 1850) was an English sailor, navy officer, and postal pioneer who promoted and claimed the idea of a new route from Great Britain to India overland through Egypt prior to the development of the Suez Canal.Waghorn claimed to have demonstrated the route for the first time in 1829-30 and that it reduced the journey from over 11,000 miles (18,000 Thomas Fletcher Waghorn (20 June 1800-7 January 1850) was an English sailor, navy officer, and postal pioneer who promoted and claimed the idea of a new route from Great Britain to India overland through Egypt prior to the development of the Suez Canal. Waghorn claimed to have demonstrated the route for the first time in 1829-30 and that it reduced the journey from over 11,000 miles (18,000 |obr| ylm| rwv| dle| hgg| mor| cxi| nii| wpr| zsg| jiu| llr| gyd| biq| reg| yku| hlo| hel| xsl| sui| nbl| bde| rya| zzw| blz| xlo| zdn| ahu| ypg| cti| mxn| wmt| bvu| uxe| utw| rgf| ccd| ach| hpl| vci| cxx| vig| pyd| ayc| ore| lxx| kob| fvy| skj| kmd|