Parfait-Louis Monteil
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Parfait-Louis Monteil was a French colonial military officer and explorer who made an epic journey in West Africa between 1890 and 1892, travelling east from Senegal to Lake Chad, and then north across the Sahara to Tripoli.
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Parfait-Louis Monteil
West Africa showing the general route taken by Parfait-Louis Monteil during his 1890-1892 expedition. The route to Lake Chad was mainly through Sudanian Savanna, grasslands with scattered trees to the south of the drier Sahel.
French Fort of Bamako 1883
The conference of Berlin (1884-1885)
Colonial Saint Louis c. 1900. Europeans and Africans on the Rue Lebon.
Landscape between Dori and Yalgo
1850 steel engraving of Kano
Kanembu warriors of Bornu and their mounted chief in an illustration from H. Barth's Travels and Discoveries Vol III, 1857.Awards 3
Connected to Parfait-Louis 6
Émile GentilAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Hermann von SchlagintweitAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Gabriel BonvalotAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Germaine DieterlenAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Hermenegildo CapeloAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Rosita ForbesAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des ExplorationsAbout this person
Country
FranceCategory
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1855 to 1925 · aged 70
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