Charles Berchon

Charles Berchon was a French travel writer whose surviving bibliography points to a strong interest in descriptive, firsthand accounts of the places he visited. Listings for his works include A travers Cuba and Zes maanden op Cuba—Havana, both connected to his time in Cuba in the years around 1905–1910.

An entry on Wikipasdecalais identifies him as born in Rocquigny in 1878 and dying in 1918. Archival material from Gallica also preserves an album of photographs from his 1905 journey in Cuba, which suggests that his travel writing was closely tied to direct observation and documentation.

Because reliable biographical information online is limited, many personal details about his life remain unclear from the sources I could confirm here. What does stand out is his value as a witness to the places he described, especially Havana and Cuba at the start of the twentieth century.