Francis garnier biography

Marie Joseph François Garnier (Vietnamese: Ngạc Nhi; 25 July 1839 – 21 December 1873) was a.
Francis Garnier was a French naval officer, colonial administrator, and explorer.
Marie Joseph François, Garnier (1839-1873) was a French naval officer and adventurer who took a leading role in the exploration and colonization of.

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Francis Garnier

Marie Joseph François, Garnier (1839-1873) was a French naval officer and adventurer who took a leading role in the exploration and colonization of Indochina.

The son of a disappointed royalist, Francis Garnier was born in Saint-Étienne on July 25, 1839, and was raised by maternal relatives in Montpellier. He entered the naval academy in 1855. After a short period of service in the South Atlantic and South Pacific, where he heroically saved the life of a fellow officer, he volunteered for service against China and Vietnam and saw action in 1860. In 1863 he entered the colonial administration of Cochin China (southern Vietnam) and by 1865 was in charge of the administration of Cholon, Saigon's Chinese mercantile quarter.

Quickly learning indigenous languages and studying the history and customs of the people among whom he worked, Garnier at the same time became an enthusiastic proponent of France's role in "civilizing" Indochina. His pamphlet La Cochinchine française en 1864 (1864) was a protest against the retrocession of the colony to the Vietnamese empi

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[Francis GARNIER (1839-1873) naval officer, and explorer of - Lot 341

[Francis GARNIER (1839-1873) naval officer, and explorer of Tonkin]. 16 L.A.S., 1875-1895, to Léon Garnier; 34pages in-8 (mainly), plus various documents attached. Correspondence from friends of Francis Garnier, evoking the memory and last publications of the famous explorer of Indochina, who died in Hanoi in 1873. They are addressed to Léon Garnier (1836-1901), who was in charge of printing his brother's works. Jean Laederich [photographer and draftsman, he surveyed the monuments of Angkor during Garnier and Doudart de Lagrée's exploration of the Mekong in 1866-1868]. 6 letters, Paris 1885-1889. Correspondence from Francis Garnier to his brother Léon, preparation of a map of Saigon showing the location of Garnier and Doudart de Lagrée's statues, recommendation to Dr. Bertillon, etc. Enclosed, from the same source, a visiting card, a p.a.s. summarizing his activities, and a manuscript: copy of

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The Mekong Exploration Commission

Marie Joseph François (Francis) Garnier was born on July 25, 1839 at Saint-Étienne, Loire.

He entered the French Navy and, after voyaging in Brazilian waters and the Pacific, he obtained a post on the staff of Admiral Léonard Victor Charner who, from February 1860 to November 1861, was campaigning in Cochinchine.

After some time spent in France, Garnier returned to the East and, in 1862, he was appointed inspector of native affairs in Cochinchine and entrusted with the administration of Cholon, a suburb of Saigon.

It was at his suggestion that the Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat determined to send a mission to explore the valley of the Mekong River but, as Garnier was not considered old enough to be put in command, the chief authority was entrusted to Captain de Lagrée.

In the course of the expedition – to quote the words of Sir Roderick Murchison addressed to Garnier when, in 1870, he was presented with the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London – “from Kratie in Cambodia to Shanghai 5392 miles we