Ruxton

Ruxton

Ruxton, Georg Friedrich, geb. 1820 in Südengland, trat sehr jung in ein spanisches Lanzenreiterregiment, machte zwei Feldzüge mit u. kehrte dann nach England zurück; als Offizier im 89. Infanterieregiment ging er mit nach Canada, nahm aber seinen Abschied u. durchzog mehre Jahre lang das Oregongebiet u. Californien, mit Jagd u. Biberfangen beschäftigt; 1844 machte er mehre Reisen in Algerien u. Nordafrika, nach der Bucht Angra Pequenha u. dem Lande der Buschmänner. Nach England zurückgekehrt, unternahm er eine Reise nach Mexico u. starb im Septbr. 1848 in St. Louis. Er schr.: Adventures in Mexico, Lond. 1847, u.a.


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