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Mission Chari-Lac Tchad (1902-1904)
A botanist and explorer, he turned long scientific expeditions into vivid travel writing. This book follows the Chari–Lake Chad mission and opens a window onto central Africa as seen by a French naturalist in the early 1900s.
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L'Afrique centrale française : Récit du voyage de la mission
by Auguste Chevalier, Mission Chari-Lac Tchad (1902-1904)
About the author
Auguste Chevalier was a French botanist, explorer, and prolific scientific writer born in 1873 and died in 1956. He is closely associated with field research in Africa, where he studied plants, agriculture, and the natural environment while also documenting the places and societies he encountered.
Mission Chari-Lac Tchad, 1902-1904 is one of his travel accounts from that work. Published in the early 20th century, it presents the journey of the Chari–Lake Chad mission and reflects both Chevalier’s scientific interests and the expedition culture of his time.
Readers coming to this book today may find it interesting not only as a record of exploration, but also as a historical snapshot of French scientific and colonial perspectives. Chevalier wrote with the eye of a researcher, so his work often combines observation, geography, natural history, and travel narrative.