A statue of Thomas Fletcher Waghorn (20 June 1800–7 January 1850) who 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 near the railway station in Chatham , Kent, UK.

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Photo credit: © Windmill Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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