Alps

:This article is about the Alps in Europe. For other mountain ranges see Alps (disambiguation).

Exploration

:Main article: Exploration of the High Alps

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The higher region of the Alps were long left to the exclusive attention of the men of the adjoining valleys, even when Alpine travellers (as distinguished from Alpine climbers) began to visit these valleys. The two first men who really systematically explored the regions of ice and snow were H.B. de Saussure (1740-1799), as regards the Pennine Alps, and the Benedictine monk of Disentis, Placidus a Spescha (1752-1833, most of whose ascents were made before 1806), in the valleys at the sources of the Rhine.

Related Topics:
Pennine Alps - Disentis - Rhine

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