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Payer, Julius von

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Payer, Julius von (pī`ər), 1842–1915, Austrian explorer and painter. While on an expedition (1872–74) to navigate the Northeast Passage Northeast Passage, water route along the northern coast of Europe and Asia, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Beginning in the 15th cent., efforts were made to find a new all-water route to India and China.
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 with Karl Weyprecht, Payer accidentally found Franz Josef Land Franz Josef Land (frăns jō`zəf, fränts yō`zĕf), Rus. Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, archipelago, c.
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. Payer's expeditions became the subject of his paintings later in his life.


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