Julius von Payer
Austrian mountain climber, painter, arctic explorer and nobleman
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- 1841–1915
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Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer, ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Theresian Military Academy. He is chiefly known for the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in 1872–1874 and the discovery of Franz Josef Land.
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