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Encyclopedia > Alexander Dalrymple

Alexander Dalrymple (July 24, 1737 - June 19, 1808 was a Scottish geographer. July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Events 12 February - The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Events January 1 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned February 11 - Russia issues an ultimatum to France, Finland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of the physical environment and human habitat. ...


Dalrymple was the first hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the existence of a vast continent in the South Pacific. Hydrography is the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ... For the international law of the sea, see Admiralty law. ... Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous mass of land on the planet Earth. ... South Pacific is a musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949. ...


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Fuller Family of Sussex - pafg120 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (453 words)
Alexander Dalrymple was born on 12 Jun 1696.
Eleanor Dalrymple was born on 26 Jun 1700.
Alexander Lindsay was born on 18 Jan 1752 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes - LoveToKnow 1911 (438 words)
DAVID DALRYMPLE HAILES, Lord (1726-1792), Scottish lawyer and historian, was born at Edinburgh on the 28th of October 1726.
His father, Sir James Dalrymple, Bart., of Hailes, in the county of Haddington, auditor-general of the exchequer of Scotland, was a grandson of James, first Viscount Stair; and his mother, Lady Christian Hamilton, was a daughter of Thomas, 6th earl of Haddington.
Another brother was Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808), the first admiralty hydrographer, who distinguished himself in the East India Company's service and as a geographer.
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