Isaac Israel Hayes

United States explorer and physician (1832-1881)

Isaac Israel Hayes travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.

The record lists Isaac Israel Hayes as United States explorer and physician (1832-1881).

Isaac Israel Hayes was born at Chester County in 1832. 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, politician and physician.

The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.

Recognition followed: Patron’s Medal.

Isaac Israel Hayes died in 1881, aged 49. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.

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