Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

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Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was an Italian-French explorer and colonial administrator known for leading French expeditions in Central Africa and playing a key role in establishing French Congo.

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instanceOf Italian-French person
colonial administrator
explorer
human
activeYears late 19th century
associatedWith French Equatorial Africa
surface form: French Congo

French Third Republic
birthDate 1852-01-26
birthPlace Papal States NERFINISHED
Rome
burialPlace Brazzaville
Mausoleum of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
causeOfDeath illness contracted in Africa
countryOfCitizenship France
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
deathDate 1905-09-14
deathPlace Dakar
French West Africa
educatedAt École navale
surface form: French Naval Academy
employer Government of France
surface form: French government
ethnicGroup Italian nobility
exploredRegion Central Africa
Congo River
Gabon NERFINISHED
Ogooué River
familyName Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza self-linksurface differs
surface form: Savorgnan de Brazza
founded Brazzaville
French post on the Congo River that became Brazzaville
givenName Pierre
knownFor French expeditions in Central Africa
role in establishing French Congo
languageSpoken French
Italian
militaryBranch French Navy
name Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza self-link
namesakeOf Brazzaville
nobleTitle Count
notableAchievement negotiating treaties with Central African chiefs for France
securing French control on the right bank of the Congo River
notableFor relatively conciliatory approach toward African populations compared to some contemporaries
notableWork exploration of the Congo River basin
occupation colonial administrator
explorer
participatedIn European colonization of Central Africa
positionHeld commissioner-general of the French Congo
governor of the French Congo
religion Roman Catholicism

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Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza familyName Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Savorgnan de Brazza
Brazzaville foundedBy Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza name Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza self-link
Brazzaville namedAfter Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza