Alfred Grandidier is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Alfred Grandidier as French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921).
Alfred Grandidier was born at Paris in 1836. His recorded nationality is France.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as explorer, entomologist and ornithologist.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Founder’s Medal, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations and Commander of the Legion of Honour.
Alfred Grandidier died in 1921, aged 85. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Founder’s Medal
- Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Recorded as explorer, entomologist and ornithologist
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