Christian De Bonchamps
The Marquis Christian de Bonchamps (1860–1919) was a French explorer in Africa and a colonial officer in the French Empire during the late 19th- early 20th-century epoch known as the "Scramble for Africa", who played an important role in two of the more notorious incidents of the period.
Read more about Christian De Bonchamps: The Stairs Expedition, The Fashoda Incident, Lack of Documentation of Bonchamps' Life
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