Nature Lovers Activity - History of Caving

History of Caving

Indonesia Cave 1

At the age of primitive times, the cave is inhabited by Cro Magnon for shelter, burial, and also to the worship of ancestral spirits.

1674, John Beaumont, a surgeon and amateur geologist Samerset UK, keep records of scientific reports caves "Sumuran" (potholing) was first recognized by the British Royal Society.

1670 - 1680, Baron Johann Valsavor of Slovenia was the first to carry out a description of the 70 caves in the form of scientific reports complete with comments, sketches and maps as much as 4 volumes with a total of 2800 pages. For his services the British Royal Society scientific reward him.

1780, Louis Marsalliers down a vertical cave Fairies in Languedoc, France.

1818, Habsburg Emperor Francis I was the first person conducting the tour in the cave while visiting Adelsberg Cave (Cave Postonja Now in the former Yugoslavia). Then Josip Jersinovic is an official in the area are listed as the first manager of professional cave.

1838, Franklin Gorin Lawyers are landlords who have areas where the largest and longest cave in the world is Mammoth Cave in Kentucky USA. Whereby the commercial cavern and employs a mulatto named Stephen Bishop 17 years as a slave guard the cave. Stephen Bishop because his job is considered as The First Professional Cave Tour Guide. Mammoth Cave itself consists of hundreds of the hallway (Stephen Bishop found about 222 corridor) with a length of 300 miles so far unfinished traced and investigated. 1983 by the International Union of Speleology businesses, Mammoth Cave is recognized by the UN as one of the world heritage.

Indonesia Cave 2

1888, a lawyer from Paris named Eduard Alfred Martel followed Marssalliers. His research planned more mature this time using full equipment such as hoists, ladders hanging, and canvas boat that newly introduced by the Americans. Even the newly introduced telephone used for communications in the ground. Martel effort is considered a revolution in the caves research, so he called the "Father of Modern Speleology".

 

The cave research that contains a method that combines the Basic Science Research in the exploration of caves so as to do a study of the Multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary. The method is recognized by experts As with the most appropriate, constructive and efficient in researching the cave. Even the ordinance was considered a staple of discipline, order, ethics and moral activity in the present Modern Speleology.


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