Pujol, August Marie Joseph Pujol (sold)
August Marie Joseph Pujol (March 4, 1863 - 19xx) was a French colonial officer born in the Cammarges, France. He served in various posts from about 1880 to 1899, including Toulon (1885), Reunion (1885), Madagascar (1886), Senegal (1890), Sudan (1892), and Tonkin (1893 - 1903). In Senegal he held the rank of Etat-Major du Commandant Superior des Troupes Coloniales. The only definitive reference we have found to his service is an 1887 dispatch on the excessive rates of venereal disease among French African soldiers.
First Railroad in Senegal.
Carte des Pays Situès entre Richard-Toll (Fleuve), et Dakar.
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 573.16 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This is the only known example of the 1899 Pujol map of Senegal focusing on the Saint-Louis-Dakar Railroad - the primary artery of French hegemony in West Africa. The map is printed on linen-silk, intended to withstand arid weather conditions and military use. It was printed by helio-zincography, likely in Saint-Louis, capital of Afrique-Occidentale Française, and designed by A. Vandenkerckhove, a sergeant in the all-African Senegalese Skirmishers. (more details)
First hydrographic map of the Senegal River.
Senegal Fleuve de St. Louis aux Chütes du Félou.
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- File Size: 634.02 MB
- File Type: ZIP / TIFF
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
This extraordinary item is a one-of-a-kind 1899 river guide map of the Senegal River issued by 'Colonel Pujol' for use by French colonial troops. This is the earliest known printed hydrographic chart of the Senegal River, based on the 1891-1893 surveys of Henri Pierre Gabriel Buchard, themselves comprising the first hydrographic mapping of the river. The chart was printed by helio-zincography, likely in St. Louis, the capital of Afrique-Occidentale Française, and designed by A. Vandenkerckhove, a sergeant in the all-African Senegalese Skirmishers. (more details)