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    Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer (2 September 1841 – 29 August 1915), ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian...
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  • Payer, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia Friedrich von Payer (1847–1931), vice-chancellor of Germany during the last year of World War I Julius von...
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    Adamello was conquered for the first time by a young Bohemian climber, Julius von Payer, along with a mountain guide from Val Rendena, Girolamo Botteri, on...
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    finding was in the 1873 Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht, who named the area after Emperor Franz Joseph I...
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    Holocaust Memorial Service Erna Patak (1871–1955), Zionist, social worker Julius von Payer (1841–1915), polar explorer Wolfgang Puck (born 1949), celebrity chef...
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    Of these, the first was used in the 1872–74 arctic expedition of Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht which discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873. The expedition's...
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    Lissa, aboard the ironclad Drache. He met Julius von Payer in 1870, and made a preliminary expedition with Payer to Novaya Zemlya in 1871. On 18 February...
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    Julius von Payer (1841–1915), Austrian arctic explorer August Stradal (1860–1930), pianist Karl Pohlig (1864–1928), conductor Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen...
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    was the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition (1872–1874) led by Julius von Payer and Carl Weyprecht. On August 30, 1873, the participants on board discovered...
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    summit was conquered for the first time by a young Bohemian climber, Julius von Payer, along with Coronna, Gries and Hayer, on 3 September 1868. It was the...
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    ascent from the western side, which however was not reached until Julius von Payer explored the ridge between Glöcknerleitl and Ködnitzkees in 1863. Johann...
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    the area. In 1873, an Austrian expedition, according to its leader Julius von Payer, was sent to the North Pole tasked with finding the Northeast Passage...
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    after Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, the Austro-Hungarian minister of war, who was a patron of the expedition's cartographer, Julius von Payer. This island lies...
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    Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. 1869–70 – Carl Koldewey and Julius von Payer explore the east coast of Greenland from 74°18’ to 77°01’N. 1871 –...
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    noticed a young lieutenant named Julius Payer, who had sketched some maps while on a mountaineering holiday. Payer later claimed that the meeting with...
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    summit was conquered for the first time by a young Bohemian climber, Julius von Payer, along with Coronna, Gries and Hayer, on 3 September 1868; on the same...
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  • forces under General William "Bull" Nelson. 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in...
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    Kontradmiral in 1872 and took part in the 1872-74 North Polar expedition of Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht as commander of the Isbjörn. It was this expedition...
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    Olympic medalist Špela Pretnar (born 1973), skier, Olympic athlete Julius von Payer (1841–1915), Arctic explorer, born in Šanov, Teplice Denis Žvegelj...
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    ridge, to break up the climb in two steps. It was named the Payer house, after Julius von Payer, who had mapped the Ortler Alps between 1865–1868 and had...
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    Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872 under Karl Weyprecht and Julius von Payer—had followed separate branches of the Gulf Stream but ultimately failed...
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  • Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian officer and polar explorer. Together with Julius von Payer, he led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition that discovered...
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  • Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer Julius von Payer (1842–1915) who was co-leader of the expedition. In August 1870 Julius Payer, Ralph Copeland and Peter Ellinger...
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    loss of Sir John Franklin's expedition to the North Pole, painted by Julius von Payer 1896, January–March: A loan collection of modern pictures, chiefly...
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    and the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition (1872–1874) led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht). Spoils of war and photographs of the mission in...
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    North-East Passage that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored...
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    Payer Island (Russian: остров Пайера, romanized: ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. This island was named after Julius Johannes Ludovicus...
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    Weyprecht, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who co-led, with Julius von Payer, the 1872–1874 Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition that discovered...
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    Actress for Murder on the Orient Express, in Stockholm (d. 1982) Died: Julius von Payer, Austrian explorer, led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition...
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    April 2019. The technology developed by Austrian lighting pioneer Carl Auer von Welsbach is still in use in billions of light bulbs around the world today...
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