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(ä´däm y ´hän f n kr ´z nsht rn) (KEY) , 1770–1846, Russian navigator. From 1803 to 1806 he circumnavigated the globe. Although the voyage was...
1843–1928, American geologist, b. Mattoon, Ill., grad. Beloit College, 1866. He was professor of geology at Beloit (1873–82), president of the Uni...
fl. A.D. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends...
(yäk t´ äl-hämäw ´) (KEY) , 1179–1229, Arab geographer. Born in Byzantium, he was bought as a slave by a merchant, al-Hamawi. He was freed on ...
(kr s´tyän l ´ pôlt fr ´h r f n b kh) (KEY) , 1774–1853, German geologist and paleontologist, graduate of the mining academy, Freiberg, Germany...
(zhän- ty n´ g tär´) (KEY) , 1715–86, French geologist, botanist, and natural historian. He was curator of the natural history collection of the...