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Joseph-Pons d'Arnaud

French explorer and engineer (1813-1884) · France · Historical Figures · Died at 71

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Théodore Louis Joseph-Pons d'Arnaud (1811-1884) was a French civil engineer, geographer and naturalist. In 1830 he was hired by the government of Egypt to work on irrigation projects.

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Awards

Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations

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Théodore Louis Joseph-Pons d'Arnaud (1811-1884) was a French civil engineer, geographer and naturalist. In 1830 he was hired by the government of Egypt to work on irrigation projects. In 1840-41 he participated in an expedition raised by the Pasha of Egypt that searched (unsuccessfully) for the source of the White Nile. In 1841-42 he explored in the Sudan on an expedition led by Binbashi (Major) Selim Qapudan, a Egyptian officer in the Marine d'Alexandrie. Further voyages of exploration took him to Ethiopia and Yemen (1843) and the Sudan (1860).

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Country
France
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1813 to 1884 · aged 71

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