Ernst Georg Ravenstein is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Ernst Georg Ravenstein as German-English geographer and cartographer (1834–1913).
Ernst Georg Ravenstein was born at Frankfurt in 1834. His recorded nationality is Germany.
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, autobiographer and statistician.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Victoria Medal.
Ernst Georg Ravenstein died in 1913, aged 79. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Victoria Medal
- Recorded as cartographer, autobiographer and statistician
