Ernest Doudart de Lagrée

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Ernest Doudart de Lagrée

Ernest Doudart de Lagrée (born March 31, 1823 in Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze near Grenoble , France , † March 12, 1868 in Dali , China ) was a French sailor and explorer .

Life

Ernest Doudart de Lagrée entered the Navy in 1845 and, after having participated in the Crimean War and led a command in the Mediterranean, was transferred to Cochinchina in 1862 , where he carried out several diplomatic missions in Cambodia .

Since the end of 1864 frigate captain , he was placed at the head of the expedition in 1866 , which was to explore the Mekong with regard to its navigability and to establish trade relations with the southwestern provinces of China. The expedition started from Saigon on June 5, 1866 and took him through Cambodia, Thailand and Laos .

Lagrée suffered from amoebic dysentery and an infection from leeches during the expedition and stayed in Dali to see a doctor. There he died of a liver abscess . The doctor took his heart out to be sent to France.

He himself was buried in Dongchuan . His second officer, Francis Garnier , took command of the expedition that ended in Yunnan , China.

Works

  • Arthur B. de Villemereuil (Ed.): Explorations et missions de Doudart de Lagrée. Extraits de ses manuscrits . Bouchard-Huzard, Paris 1884.
  • With Francis Garnier and Louis Delaporte : Atlas du voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine , Paris: Hachette, 1873

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personal data
SURNAME Doudart de Lagrée, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French explorer and sailor
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze near Grenoble , France
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1868
Place of death Dali , China