In the history of exploration, Emil Racoviță is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Emil Racoviță as Romanian polar explorer (1868–1947).
Emil Racoviță was born at Iași in 1868. His recorded nationality is Romania.
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 zoologist, explorer and botanist.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon and Order of Cultural Merit.
Emil Racoviță died in 1947, aged 79. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
- Order of Cultural Merit
- Recorded as zoologist, explorer and botanist
