Nikolai Rezanov is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Nikolai Rezanov as Russian noble and explorer (1764-1807).
Nikolai Rezanov was born at Saint Petersburg in 1764. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire.
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 diplomat.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class.
Nikolai Rezanov died in 1807, aged 43. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
- Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
- Recorded as explorer, politician and diplomat
