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(skôrz´b ) (KEY) , 1789–1857, English arctic explorer and scientist. He made yearly voyages (1803–22) to Greenland, at first on his father’s w...
(ou´g st h n´r kh p ´t rmän) (KEY) , 1822–78, German geographer, an authority on the geography of Africa and the Arctic. He had (1847–54) a ca...
(f nt n´ môr´ ) (KEY) , 1806–73, American hydrographer and naval officer, b. near Fredericksburg, Va. Appointed a midshipman in 1825, he saw vari...
(fr ´dr kh rät´s l) (KEY) , 1844–1904, German geographer. He traveled as a journalist in Europe (1869) and in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States...
1799–1865, English botanist and horticulturist. He organized the first flower shows in England and was influential in preserving the Royal Gardens a...
1770–1857, Canadian geographer, fur trader, and explorer, b. London, England. In 1784 he came to Fort Churchill, Canada, as an apprentice of the Hud...