| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Payer, Julius von |
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(p ´ r) (KEY) , 18421915, Austrian explorer and painter. While on an expedition (187274) to navigate the Northeast Passage with Karl Weyprecht, Payer accidentally found Franz Josef Land. Payers expeditions became the subject of his paintings later in his life. |
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