Edouard Alfred Martel (1859 - 1938) was a French pioneer of cave exploration. 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. ...
Amongst his exploits were:
the exploration of the underground river of the Abîme de Bramabiau, France (1888);
the descent and exploration of the Gouffre du Padirac, France (1889);
the exploration of the Marble Arch Caves, Ireland (1895);
the first complete descent of Gaping Gill, England (1895).
Martel bought the Gouffre du Padirac, and turned it into a show cave. He wrote many books and articles about speleology, most notably "Les Cevennes" (1888) and "Les Abimes" (1894). 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Gaping Gill on Ingleborough Hill is one of the deepest potholes in the Yorkshire Dales, England, and one of many entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system. ... Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). ...
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