Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
The Grande Médaille d’Or des Explorations et Voyages de Découverte (Great Gold Medal of Exploration and Journeys of Discovery) has been awarded since 1829 by the Société de Géographie of France for journeys whose outcomes have enhanced geographical knowledge.[1]
Recipients of Medal
| Year | Recipient | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jean Raspail | for the sum of his work |
| 2006 | Eric Orsenna | for the sum of his work, Salut au Grand Sud and Voyages aux Pays du Coton |
| 2005 | Jean-Marc Pineau | for having retraced on foot the journey of René Caillié and his account of the journey Sur les pas de René Caillié |
| 2004 | Gilles Elkaïm | for his Arctic expedition of 2000-2004 |
| 2003 | Nicolas Hulot | for his expeditions, his television programs and his works |
| 2002 | Jean-Yves Empereur | for his archaeological discoveries in Egypt, notably in the port of Alexandria (underwater archaeology) |
| 2001 | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | for the sum of his photographic work |
| 1999 | Georges Pernoud | for his television series Thalassa |
| 1998 | Patrice Franceschi | for his New Guinea expedition |
| 1991 | Jean-Louis Étienne | for his transantarctic expedition |
| 1979 | Norbert Casteret | for Speleology |
| 1977 | Germaine Dieterlen | for Ethnology, especially the black civilisations (Dogon, Molinké and Bambara) |
| 1970 | Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins | for the first landing on the moon |
| 1958 | Vivian Fuchs | for the first transantarctic expedition and complete crossing of the continent |
| 1957 | Henri Lhote | for his travel and archaeological work in the Sahara |
| 1955 | John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay | for the first ascent of Mount Everest |
| 1954 | Georges Houot and Pierre Willm | for the first dive into the deep ocean in a Bathyscaphe |
| 1953 | Augustin Lombard | for his study trip up Mount Everest |
| 1952 | Théodore Monod | for expeditions and studies in Africa |
| 1950 | French expedition to the Himalayas and Maurice Herzog | for the first ascent of Annapurna |
| 1939 | Alexander Hamilton Rice | for his exploration of the Amazon Basin |
| 1933 | Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audoin-Dubreuil | for the Citroën Expedition to Central Asia, 1931-1932 |
| 1932 | Wickliffe Preston Draper | for the Augiéras-Draper Expedition (Southern Sahara), 1927-1928 |
| 1929 | Ahmed Hassanein and Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein | for their exploration of the eastern Sahara |
| 1928 | Jacques de Rohan-Chabot | for exploration in Angola |
| 1927 | Charles Lindbergh | for the first crossing of the Atlantic by aeroplane |
| 1925 | Baron Adrien de Guerlache de Gomery | for the Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897-1899 and 1905-07-09 |
| 1924 | Bruneau de Laborie | for the journey from Cameroon to Cairo via Lake Tchad and the Libyan desert |
| 1924 | Ole Olufsen | for his journey to the French Sahara |
| 1923 | Rosita Forbes | for her exploration of the Kufra oasis |
| 1923 | Sir Aurel Stein | for explorations in central Asia |
| 1922 | Charles Granville Bruce | for the Everest Expedition of 1922 |
| 1922 | Charles Howard-Bury | for the Everest Expedition of 1921 |
| 1918 | Jean Tilho | for the expedition to central Africa |
| 1914 | Admiral Robert E. Peary | for the discovery of the North Pole |
| 1913 | Raoul Amundsen | for the discovery of the South Pole |
| 1912 | Jean-Baptiste Charcot | for his Antarctic expeditions |
| 1910 | Sir Ernest Shackleton | for exploration of Antarctica |
| 1907 | Colonel Robert Emile Bourgeois | fir his geodesic expedition at the Equator |
| 1904 | Sven Hedin | for his explorations in central Asia, 1894-1902 |
| 1903 | Auguste Pavie | for his exploration of Indo-China, 1879-1895 |
| 1902 | Captain Paul-Jules Joalland | for the (Joalland-Meynier) expedition to central Africa, 1899-1901 |
| 1901 | Fernand Foureau | for the (Foureau-Lamy) trans-Sahara expedition, 1898-1900 |
| 1900 | Jean-Baptiste Marchand | for the Congo-Nile expedition, 1896-1899 |
| 1899 | Emile Gentil | for exploration in Africa, from the Congo to Chad, 1895-1898 |
| 1898 | Édouard Foà | for his crossing of equatorial Africa, 1894-1897 |
| 1897 | Fridtjof Nansen | for his crossing of the Arctic Sea, 1893-1896 |
| 1896 | Prince Henri of Orléans | for his journey from the Gulf of Tonkin to the Gulf of Bombay, 1895 |
| 1893 | Parfait-Louis Monteil | for his journey from Senegal to Tripoli via Chad |
| 1891 | Gabriel Bonvalot | for his journey from Siberia to Tonkin via Tibet |
| 1890 | Captain Louis Gustave Binger | for his journey of exploration from the Upper Niger to the Gulf of Guinea |
| 1886 | Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo | for his journey across southern Africa |
| 1884 | Alphonse Milne-Edwards | for underwater surveying and dredging from the ships Travailleur and Talisman |
| 1881 | Major Alexandre de Serpa Pinto | for his journey across Africa |
| 1880 | Adolf Nordenskjold | The North-west Passage |
| 1879 | Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza | for his exploration of the Upper Ogoue |
| 1878 | Henry Morton Stanley | for his journey across equatorial Africa |
| 1877 | Verney Lovett Cameron | for his journey across equatorial Africa |
| 1876 | Gustav Nachtigal | for his journey across central Africa |
| 1872 | Alfred Grandidier | for his exploration of Madagascar |
| 1869 | Ernest Doudart de Lagrée and Francis Garnier | for their exploration of Indo-China |
| 1867 | Sir Samuel White Baker | for his journey in equatorial Africa |
| 1864 | Henri Duveyrier | for his exploration of the Algerian Sahara and the country of the Touareg |
| 1861 | Nicolas de Khanikof | for his exploration of the Khorassan |
| 1860 | Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke | for their exploration of the great lakes of east Africa |
| 1859 | Hermann, Robert and Adolf von Schlagintweit | for their explorations in Tibet and Turkestan |
| 1858 | Elisha Kent Kane | for his journey to the Arctic regions |
| 1857 | David Livingston | for his journeys across southern Africa |
| 1856 | Henry Barth | for his journey to Timbuktu |
| 1855 | Captain Robert McClure | for discovering the North-west Passage |
| 1850 | Antoine and Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie | for their journey in Abyssinia |
| 1847 | Ludwig Leichhardt | for his journey in Australia |
| Rochet d’Héricourt | for his journey in Choa | |
| 1846 | Charles Tilstone Beke and Theophile Lefebvre | for their journey in Abyssinia (medal returned by Beke) |
| 1845 | Claude Gay | for his journey to Chile |
| Pierre Victor Ferret and Joseph Galinier | for their journey in Abyssinia | |
| 1844 | Xavier Hommaire de Hell | for his voyage on the Caspian Sea |
| Joseph-Pons d'Arnaud | for his journey towards the source of the White Nile | |
| 1843 | James Clark Ross | for his discoveries in the Antarctic seas |
| 1841 | Rear-admiral Dumont d’Urville | for his voyage to the South Pole and Oceania |
| 1838 | Dubois de Montpereux | for his journey in the Caucasus region |
| 1837 | Captain George Back | for his voyages in the Arctic region |
| 1836 | Captain Camille Callier | for his journeys in the Orient (Middle East) |
| 1835 | Alcide d’Orbigny | for his journeys in southern America |
| 1834 | Captain John Ross | for his voyages in the Polar seas |
| 1832 | Jean Baptiste Douville | for his journey to the Congo and in equatorial Africa |
| 1830 | René Caillié and Major Alexander Gordon Laing | for their journey to Timbuktu |
| 1829 | Captain John Franklin | for his voyage to the polar region |
References
- ↑ "GRANDE MÉDAILLE D’OR DES EXPLORATIONS ET VOYAGES DE DÉCOUVERTE (in French)". Société de géographie. Retrieved 1 December 2014.