Ivan Vasil'evich Mushketov belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Ivan Vasil'evich Mushketov as Geologist and geographer (1850-1902).
Ivan Vasil'evich Mushketov was born at Alexeyevskaya, Volgograd Oblast in 1850. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire.
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, geographer and geologist.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Recognition followed: Constantin Medal.
Ivan Vasil'evich Mushketov died in 1902, aged 52. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Constantin Medal
- Recorded as explorer, geographer and geologist
