Louise Boyd travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Louise Boyd as American explorer, botanist and photographer (1887-1972).
Louise Boyd was born at San Rafael in 1887. Her recorded nationality is United States.
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.
She is recorded as explorer, geographer and photographer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of St. Olav, Cullum Geographical Medal and Honorary Member of the American Polar Society.
Louise Boyd died in 1972, aged 85. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of St. Olav
- Cullum Geographical Medal
- Honorary Member of the American Polar Society
- Recorded as explorer, geographer and photographer
