Henri Duveyrier is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Henri Duveyrier as French explorer of the Sahara (1840–1892).
Henri Duveyrier was born at Paris in 1840. His recorded nationality is France.
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, geographer and africanist.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Henri Duveyrier died in 1892, aged 52. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Recorded as explorer, geographer and Africanist
