Guillaume Grandidier belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Guillaume Grandidier as French geographer, ethnologist, zoologist (1873–1957).
Guillaume Grandidier was born at Paris 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, ethnologist and zoologist.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Recognition followed: Liopholidophis grandidieri.
Guillaume Grandidier died in 1957, aged 84. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Liopholidophis grandidieri
- Recorded as geographer, ethnologist and zoologist
