'Attempt To Swim The English Channel'
Engraving depicts Captain Matthew Webb (1848 - 1883), during an attempt to swim the English Channel, as he accepts a thermos of coffee from a man in a boat, 1875. Later, on August 25, 1875, Webb became the first person to successfully swim the English Channel without flotation aids. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)
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01 January, 1875
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