Peter Perez Burdett belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Peter Perez Burdett as English cartographer, surveyor, artist and draughtsman (1734-1793).
Peter Perez Burdett was born at Eastwood in 1734. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Great Britain.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as cartographer, painter and artist.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Peter Perez Burdett died in 1793, aged 59. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as cartographer, painter and artist
