Alojz Knafelc belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Alojz Knafelc as Slovenian cartographer and mountaineer (1859-1937).
Alojz Knafelc was born at Novo Mesto in 1859. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
He is recorded as explorer, cartographer and draftsperson.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Alojz Knafelc died in 1937, aged 78. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, cartographer and draftsperson
