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Alexander Dalrymple FRS (24 July 1737 [1] – 19 June 1808) 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.
Alexander Dalrymple (Edimburgo, 24 de julho de 1737 – Londres, 19 de junho de 1808) foi um geógrafo escocês e o primeiro hidrógrafo a serviço da Marinha britânica. Foi o maior proponente da existência de um continente ainda não descoberto localizado no sul do Oceano Pacífico, chamado de Terra Australis Incógnita.
Alexander Dalrymple (born July 24, 1737, New Hailes, Midlothian, Scot.—died June 19, 1808, London) was a Scottish geographer, the first hydrographer of the British Admiralty and proponent of the existence of a vast, populous continent in the South Pacific, which he called the Great South Land.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alexander Dalrymple foi um geógrafo escocês e o primeiro hidrógrafo a serviço da Marinha britânica. Foi o maior proponente da existência de um continente ainda não descoberto localizado no sul do Oceano Pacífico, chamado de Terra Australis Incógnita.
Alexander Dalrymple, first hydrographer for the British Admiralty, charted a remarkable number of seas and oceans for the first time. Find out more about his life and work.
10 de jan. de 2011 · BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE, ESQ. LATE HYDROGRAPHER TO THE ADMIRALTY; Edited by James Stanier Clarke, John McArthur; Book: The Naval Chronicle; Online publication: 10 January 2011; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511731891.004
Scottish-born Alexander Dalrymple was a significant figure in Britain’s maritime history. Portrait fact file. Date. c.1765. Made in. Newhailes House, East Lothian, Scotland. Made by. The painting is attributed to John Thomas Seton (c.1735-1806) but is not signed. Made from. Oil, canvas and wood. Acquired. Purchased with the help of the Art Fund.
