Karl Kořistka travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Karl Kořistka as Czech member of Czech council, surveyor, geographer and university educator (1825–1906).
Karl Kořistka was born at Březová nad Svitavou in 1825.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as geographer, pedagogue and university teacher.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Recognition followed: Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy), Order of Leopold and honorary doctor of the University of Vienna.
Karl Kořistka died in 1906, aged 81. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy)
- Order of Leopold
- honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
- Recorded as geographer, pedagogue and university teacher
