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Dalrymple, Alexander (1737 - 1808)FRS |
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| Hydrographer and Geographer | ||
| Born: 24 July 1737 New Hailes, Scotland. Died: 19 June 1808. | ||
| Alexander Dalrymple, an employee of the East India Co. from 1752, published a number of books about the unexplored Pacific area and was recommended as 'particularly suitable' for the mission to the Pacific to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. |
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