John Blashford-Snell

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John Nicholas Blashford-Snell CBE (born October 22, 1936 in Hereford , England ) is a former officer in the British Army , who became known as an explorer and author . He founded Operation Raleigh and the Scientific Exploration Society .

Life

Blashford-Snell is the son of Reverend Leland John Blashford-Snell and Gwendoline Ives Sadler. He grew up in Herefordshire and Jersey and studied at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . He joined the British Army's Royal Engineers as an officer in 1957 . After long years of service, he retired as a colonel in 1991 .

In addition to his military career, he earned a reputation as an explorer and author. His Great Abbai Expedition made the first complete crossing of the Blue Nile in 1968 . At the request of Emperor Haile Selassie , he put together a team of 60 British and Ethiopian soldiers and scientists and had specially constructed boats built with which his expedition crossed the Blue Nile in two sections to the Sudanese border. In 1969, Blashford-Snell founded the Scientific Exploration Society . For crossing the Congo (1974 to 1975) he received the Segrave Trophy of the Royal Automobile Club and the Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society .

Blashford-Snell and Prince Charles started Operation Drake in 1978 , a circumnavigation of the world with a multinational team of youth. The successor was Operation Raleigh , which is committed to sustainable development in countries in South America, Africa and Asia. In 1993 Blashford-Snell received the Patron's Gold Medal from the Royal Geographical Society .

Works

  • In the Steps of Stanley , London, Hutchinson 1975. ISBN 0-09-125080-3
  • Expeditions: the Experts' way , John Blashford-Snell and Alistair Ballantine (Eds.) London, Faber 1977. ISBN 0-571-11116-5
  • A taste for adventure , London, Hutchinson 1978. ISBN 0-09-136010-2
  • In the wake of Drake , John Blashford-Snell and Michael Cable. London, WH Allen, 1980. ISBN 0-352-30750-1
  • Operation Drake London, WH Allen, 1981. ISBN 0-491-02965-9
  • The expedition organizer's guide , John Blashford-Snell and Richard Snailham. Scientific Exploration Society. London, Daily Telegraph, 1982.
  • Mysteries: encounter with the unexplained . London, Bodley Head 1983. ISBN 0-370-30479-9
  • Operation Raleigh: the start of an adventure London, Collins, 1987. ISBN 0-00-217624-6
  • Something lost behind the ranges: the autobiography of John Blashford-Snell . London, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 0-00-255034-2
  • Mammoth hunt: in search of the giant elephants of Nepal , John Blashford-Snell and Rula Lenska. London, HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 0-00-255672-3
  • Kota Mama: retracing the lost trade routes of ancient South American peoples , John Blashford-Snell and Richard Snailham. London, Headline, 2000. ISBN 0-7472-2281-9
  • East to the Amazon: in search of Great Paititi and the trade routes of the ancients , John Blashford-Snell and Richard Snailham. London, John Murray 2002. ISBN 0-7195-6032-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Leonard: 'I often think I must be mad' . In: The Daily Telegraph , September 29, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2016. 
  2. ↑ Richard Snailham: The Blue Nile Revealed: The Story of the Great Abbai expedition , Chatto & Windus, 1970, second edition 2005 in the Google Book Search
  3. ↑ John Blashford-Snell . Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Gold Medal Recipients, Royal Geographical Society . Retrieved January 25, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Blashford-Snell, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blashford-Snell, John Nicholas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hereford