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Jean Baptiste Douville

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French explorer

FranceHistorical FiguresLived 1794 to 1837 · aged 43
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Jean Baptiste Douville (1794-1837), French traveller, was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he decided to gratify his taste for foreign travel. According to his own profession he visited India, Kashmir, Khorasan, Persia, Asia Minor and many parts of Europe.

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Illustration from Douville's "Atlas du Voyage au Congo"Illustration from Douville's "Atlas du Voyage au Congo"

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Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations

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About this person

Jean Baptiste Douville (1794-1837), French traveller, was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he decided to gratify his taste for foreign travel. According to his own profession he visited India, Kashmir, Khorasan, Persia, Asia Minor and many parts of Europe. In 1826 he went to South America, and in 1827 left Brazil for the Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of Africa, where his presence in March 1828 is proved by the mention made of him in letters of Castello Branco, the governor-general of Luanda.

Country
France
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
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Lived 1794 to 1837 · aged 43
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6 languages

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