Adolf von Schlagintweit is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Adolf von Schlagintweit as German botanist and explorer (1829–1857).
Adolf von Schlagintweit was born at Munich in 1829. His recorded nationality is Germany.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as geologist, explorer and botanist.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations.
Adolf von Schlagintweit died in 1857, aged 28. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- Recorded as geologist, explorer and botanist
