In the history of exploration, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie as Irish-born French explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer (1810-1897).
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie was born at Dublin in 1810. 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, numismatist and physicist.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour and Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations.
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie died in 1897, aged 87. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- Recorded as explorer, numismatist and physicist
