Wilhelm August Graah

Wilhelm August Graah
Born(1793-05-24)24 May 1793
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died16 September 1863(1863-09-16) (aged 70)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Allegiance Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Navy
Service years1811–1850
RankCaptain
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog

Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30, was sent by King Frederick VI of Denmark on an expedition to the unmapped eastern coast with the purpose to search for the lost Eastern Norse Settlement.

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