Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski as Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945).
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski was born at Ludza in 1878. His recorded nationality is Poland.
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 physicist, chemist and explorer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Recognition followed: FF Busse Award, Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms.
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski died in 1945, aged 67. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- FF Busse Award
- Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms
- Recorded as physicist, chemist and explorer
