Hjalmar Johansen travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Hjalmar Johansen as Norwegian explorer.
Hjalmar Johansen was born at Skien in 1867. His recorded nationality is Norway.
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 explorer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Recognition followed: Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav.
Hjalmar Johansen died in 1913, aged 46. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav
- Recorded as explorer
