Samuel Holland belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Samuel Holland as British Army officer and surveyor (1728–1801).
Samuel Holland was born at Deventer in 1728. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as cartographer, military engineer and surveyor.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Recognition followed: Person of National Historic Significance.
Samuel Holland died in 1801, aged 73. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Person of National Historic Significance
- Recorded as cartographer, military engineer and surveyor
