In the history of exploration, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie as French and Basque geographer (1815-1893).
Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie was born at Dublin in 1815. 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, geographer and writer.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie died in 1893, aged 78. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Recorded as explorer, geographer and writer
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