왕립지리학회 금메달 수상자

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## 19세기 히말라야 탐사는 대단한 지리적 발견의 도전이었다. 그 시기 광역히말라야 탐험가는 왕립지리학회의 주요 메달 수상자가 되었다. 히말라야 등산사 연구에서 관련 메달 수상자를 찾아보는 재미가 있을것 같다.

Medals and Awards

The Gold Medals (Founder’s and Patron’s Medals) originated as an annual gift of fifty guineas from King William IV. It was awarded for the first time in 1831, for the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery. In 1839 the Society decided that this sum should be converted into two gold medals of equal value, to be designated the Founder’s Medal and the Patron’s medal. Today both medals are approved by Her Majesty The Queen.

Gold Medal winners are listed in full below:

1832

Founder's Medal - Richard Lander For important services in determining the course and termination of the Niger

1833

Founder's Medal - John Biscoe For his discovery of Graham’s Land and Enderby’s Land in the Antarctic

1834

Founder's Medal - Captain Sir John Ross For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

Founder's Medal - Sir Alexander Burnes For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

Founder's Medal - Captain Sir George Back For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

Founder's Medal - Captain Robert Fitzroy For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

Founder's Medal - Colonel Francis Rawdon Chesney For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta of Susiana

1839

Founder's Medal - Thomas Simpson For tracing the hitherto unexplored coast of North America Patron's Medal - Dr. Edward Rüppell For his travels and researches in Nubia, Arabia and Abyssinia

1840

Founder's Medal - Major Henry Rawlinson For researches in Persian Guayana M

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