Gabriel Bonvalot
Pierre Gabriel Édouard Bonvalot (born July 13, 1853 in Épagne in the Aube department, † December 10, 1933 in Paris ) was a French explorer and author .
Life
From 1880 to 1882 he traveled to Central Asia , conducted research in Kohistan and returned to France via Bukhara , the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus .
In 1886 he crossed the Pamirs for the first time from Ferghana in Turkestan to Chitral in India .
He crossed Tibet from Lop Nor to Nam Co (1889), traveled through Asia from Siberia to Tonkin (1889–90) and headed an official mission to Entotto in Ethiopia .
The French landscape painter Albert Pépin (1849–1917) accompanied Bonvalot on his research trip through Central Asia .
Works
- De Moscou en Bactriane (1884)
- Du Caucase aux Indes; a travers Le Pamir (1889)
- De Paris au Tonkin à travers Tibet inconnu (1892)
- L'Asie inconnue (1896)
- Marco Polo (1925)
Web links
- Pierre Gabriel Édouard Bonvalot (1853-1933)
- Le voyage de Bonvalot et Henri d'Orléans
- Necrology (F. Grenard)
See also
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| SURNAME | Bonvalot, Gabriel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bonvalot, Pierre Gabriel Édouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French explorer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Épagne in the Aube department |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1933 |
| Place of death | Paris |