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Alexander Dalrymple

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Gender Male
Death215 years ago
Date of birth July 24,1737
Zodiac sign Leo
Born New Halles
Edinburgh
Date of died June 19,1808
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
Parents Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
Grandparents Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
Great-grandparent James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair
Job Hydrographer
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society
Great grandparent James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair
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Alexander Dalrymple FRS was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita.

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