Alphonse van Gèle

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Belgian explorer of Congo (1848-1939)

Historical FiguresLived 1848 to 1939 · aged 90

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Alphonse van Gèle, also written van Gele or Vangele, was a Belgian soldier who served as the Vice-Governor General of the Congo Free State from December 1897 until January 1899.

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Ubangi River basin

Zongo falls

Confluence of the Uelle and Mbomou rivers. Yakoma is the light area on the left (south) bank of the combined stream.

Van Gèle from a 1908 biography

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Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet40.0

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Alphonse van Gèle, also written van Gele or Vangele, was a Belgian soldier who served as the Vice-Governor General of the Congo Free State from December 1897 until January 1899. He established the Equator Station, or Station de l’Équateur, today Mbandaka, and concluded a treaty with the powerful Zanzibar trader Tippu Tip at the Stanley Falls station, today Kisangani. He is known for having confirmed that the Uele River was the upper part of the Ubangi River.

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