Alphonso van Gèle
Alphonso van Gèle (also Alphonse Vangele ; born April 25, 1848 in Brussels ; † February 23, 1939 ibid) was a Belgian explorer of Africa .
Life
Van Gèle joined the army in 1867 and went with a group from Zanzibar to the Congo in 1882 , where he became head of the newly established station at the Stanley Falls . In 1885 he made a second trip to the Congo, explored the Lupori , a tributary of the Lelongo , in 1887 , and in the same year pushed further east on the Mobangi via the Songo rapids reached by Grenfell in 1885 . Here he came in July 1890 to the Mokwangu Falls , above the mouth of the Mbomou , below 23 degrees east longitude . He thereby established the important geographical fact that the Mobangi is the lower reaches of the Uelle , which Junker had followed in February 1883 to the nearby island of Mutemu .
literature
- A. Engels: Vangele, Alphonse . In: Institut Royal Colonial Belge: Biography coloniale belge . Volume 2, Libraire Falk Fils [u. a.], Bruxelles 1951.
- J.-P. Cuypers: Alphonse Vangele (1848-1939). D'après des documents inédits . In: Mémoires in-8 °. Nouvelle série 24.2. Académie royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Bruxelles 1960.
- Alphonso van Gèle . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 9 : Fruktodling – Gossensass . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1908, Sp. 880 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Biography (french)
- Alphonse Vangele archive , Royal Museum for Central Africa
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Gèle, Alphonso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vangele, Alphonse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian African explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1939 |
| Place of death | Brussels |