In the history of exploration, George W. De Long is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists George W. De Long as American polar explorer (1844–1881).
George W. De Long was born at New York City in 1844. His recorded nationality is United States.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as explorer, naval officer and naturalist.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
George W. De Long died in 1881, aged 37. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, naval officer and naturalist
