In the history of exploration, Emmanuel de Martonne is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Emmanuel de Martonne as French geographer (1873–1955).
Emmanuel de Martonne was born at Chabris in 1873. His recorded nationality is France.
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 geographer and climatologist.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Cullum Geographical Medal, Vega Medal and Victoria Medal.
Emmanuel de Martonne died in 1955, aged 82. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Cullum Geographical Medal
- Vega Medal
- Victoria Medal
- Recorded as geographer and climatologist
