Flourished Collection (page 5)

General De Torcy
GENERAL DE TORCY French military in Madagascar, who played a leading part in the conquest and pacification of the island

Roux (Explorer)
ROUX French explorer in the least- known regions of China and India

Georges Revoil, Explorer
GEORGES REVOIL French explorer in Somalia, north-east Africa

Adjudant Prat, Explorer
ADJUDANT PRAT French explorer with the Marchand Mission, crossing Africa from the Congo to Djibouti

Aime Olivier, Explorer
AIME OLIVIER French explorer who crossed central Africa from the Atlantic seaboard to the Niger, via the Foutah-Djallon

Louis Noros, Explorer
LOUIS NOROS American explorer in the Arctic with DeLong, a member of the party which survived with Nindemann after the Jeannette was crushed

Mercuri (Explorer)
MERCURI French explorer to Lake Tchad and other regions of central Africa

Lieutenant Loury Explore
LIEUTENANT LOURY French explorer in Madagascar and in the Sudan where he died

Comte Leontieff, Explorer
COMTE LEONTIEFF French explorer of Ethiopia, emissary to Menelik who appointed him governor of river Omo and lake Rudolph districts

Lauziere (Explorer)
LAUZIERE French explorer in cantral Africa

Capitaine Germain
CAPITAINE GERMAIN French explorer who crossed Africa from the Congo to Djibouti, with the Marchand Mission

Galieni (Explorer)
GALIENI French explorer and military in Sudan and Madagascar

Fondere (Explorer)
FONDERE French explorer and administrator in west Africa

Father Deken, Explorer
Pere de DEKEN Belgian traveller in Siberia, Tibet and other parts of central Asia, with Bonvalot and Henri d Orleans

Cupet, Explorer
CUPET French explorer in southern Annam (now part of Vietnam) making contact with the native populations

Clozel, Explorer
CLOZEL French explorer who in 1893 discovered a new route to Lake Tchad via the Ouom River

Chesse, Explorer
CHESSE French explorer in IndoChina and Cambodia, annexed two islands for France

Docteur Catat
DOCTEUR CATAT French traveller and administrator in west Africa

Brunache, Explorer
BRUNACHE French explorer in Africa, made a journey from the Congo to the Niger across central Africa

Brosselard, Traveller
Capitaine H BROSSELARD French explorer of Senegambia and Portuguese Guinea, west Africa

Briquez, Explorer
BRIQUEZ French explorer of central Africa, made journey from the Congo to the Niger

Bonnel De Mezieres
BONNEL DE MEZIERES French explorer in Tchad and other regions of Central Africa

J Boissiere
J BOISSIERE French traveller and administrator in China, where he died at age 33

Archibald Marshall
ARCHIBALD MARSHALL probably a writer, but one whose fame has declined to such a degree that none of our reference books thinks him worthy of mention

M Gabius Apicius
M GABIUS APICIUS Roman epicure, celebrated for his gastronomy and his greed

Jeanne Hachette
JEANNE HACHETTE courageous young lady who roused the people of Beauvais to defend their city against Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne

Elisabeth V. Brandenburg
ELISABETH VON BRANDENBURG wife of Friedrich I, archduke and elector

XANTHIPPUS Athenian naval commander, father of Pericles

Euclid & Ptolemy
EUCLID presenting to Ptolemy Soter his work on the elements of geometry

Duchess of Rutland 1888
Marion Margaret Violet, marcheioness of Granby and subsequently duchess of Rutland, daughter of Colonel the Honorable C H Lindsay. A very fine portrait photo

John Joseph Merlin
JOHN JOSEPH MERLIN The celebrated mechanic together with an elegant two- wheeled carriage of his design. But reference books know nothing about him

Sappho / Head
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet

Martha Hatfield
11-year old prophetess of Leighton, Yorkshire, one of many who foretold things, true or false, during the Commonwealth. She is depicted in an ecstatic trance

Hope Temple Photo
HOPE TEMPLE This Irish musician fails to get a mention in any of our reference books. Does she play the harp, compose jigs, sing folksongs ? Who knows ?

Edith Scannell Artist
EDITH MAUD SUSANNA SCANNELL an artistic lady who sadly failed to earn an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography so we don t know very much about her

Adulphe Delegorgue
ADULPHE DELEGORGUE of Douai, French traveller in southern Africa, posing with pipe and gun in his travelling costume

Xanthippus - 2
XANTHIPPUS Athenian naval commander, father of Pericles

Praxiteles at Work
PRAXITELES Greek sculptor at work

Euclid / Wilcox / 1732
EUCLID Mathematician of Alexandria

Euclid / Thevet / 1584
EUCLID Mathematician of Alexandria

Cesar Fieschi on Horse
Cesar Fiaschi, French equestrian and author of books on horse-riding

ANSGAR Norwegian bishop

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