Victor de Compiegne
Louis-Alphonse-Henri-Victor du Pont, Marquis de Compiègne , usually called Victor de Compiègne (born July 26, 1846 in Fuligny ( Département Aube ), † February 28, 1877 in Cairo ), was a French explorer .
He toured the interior of Florida in 1869 and 1872 and explored the course of the Ogowe River in Gabon with his friend Antoine-Alfred Marche from 1873 to 1874 . Then he went to Egypt and, at the suggestion of Georg Schweinfurth, became General Secretary of the Société khédivale de geographie in 1875 . On February 28, 1877, at the age of only 30, he died in Cairo as a result of a pistol duel that he had fought with a German.
In addition to numerous articles in specialist journals, Compiègne published:
- L'Afrique Equatoriale, Gabonais, Pahoins, Gallois , 2 parts, Paris 1875
- Voyages, chasses et guerres , Paris 1876
literature
- Victor de Compiegne . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 233.
Web links
- Information on Victor de Compiègne in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Compiègne, Victor de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Compiègne, Louis-Alphonse-Henri-Victor du Pont, Marquis de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuligny , Aube department |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1877 |
| Place of death | Cairo |