Captain MatthewWebb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids.
Jeho první pokus o zdolání Lamanšského průlivu 12. srpna 1875 byl neúspěšný kvůli rozbouřenému moři, teprve ve dnech 24. až 25. srpna téhož roku se mu podařilo za 21 hodin a 45 minut doplavat z Doveru do Calais, přičemž urazil 64 kilometrů.
Matthew Leslie Webb (born 24 September 1976) is an English former professional footballer born in Bristol who played in the Football League for Birmingham City. [3 ] Webb, a pacy winger, joined Birmingham City as a YTS trainee in 1993 and…
Captain MatthewWebb was the first person to swim across the English Channel unaided. Using our library and archive collections we research the life of this extraordinary man.
Captain MatthewWebb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1884) was the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel from England to France without the use of artificial aids.