Largeau, Léon Victor
Léon Victor Largeau (June 21, 1842 - March 26, 1897) was a French explorer and colonial administrator in Africa. Beginning in French Algeria, he undertook explorations of the Sahara Desert between 1874 and 1881, when, among other endeavors, he studied potential routes for a railway across the desert. Afterwards he served as a colonial administrator in Senegal and the Congo. His son, Victor Emmanuel Largeau, became an army officer, also serving in Africa, where he began the Great War, before returning to France as a general and being killed at the Battle of Verdun.
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Itinéraire d'un Voyage d'Exploration dans le Sahara.
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An engrossing map of a portion of the Sahara Desert in eastern Algeria produced by Victor Largeau for his 1877 book Le Sahara: premier voyage d'exploration de V. Largeau. Largeau was one of the first Europeans to explore this part of the Sahara and the information he gathered was important in providing some guidance to subsequent travelers who dared to venture into the desert. (more details)