Phillip Parker King belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Phillip Parker King as British Royal Navy officer and early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts (1791–1856).
Phillip Parker King was born at Norfolk Island in 1793. His recorded nationality is Australia.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as naval officer, ornithologist and botanical collector.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Phillip Parker King died in 1856, aged 63. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as naval officer, ornithologist and botanical collector
