Björn Gunnlaugsson travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Björn Gunnlaugsson as cartographer.
Björn Gunnlaugsson was born at Iceland in 1788. His recorded nationality is Iceland.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as cartographer and mathematician.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
Björn Gunnlaugsson died in 1876, aged 88. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Recorded as cartographer and mathematician
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