Alexander Dalrymple

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Alexander Dalrymple (July 24, 1737 - June 19, 1808 was a Scottish geographer.

Dalrymple was the first hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the existence of a vast continent in the South Pacific.

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