Charles-Marie de Braconnier
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General Charles-Marie de Braconnier, or Carlos Braconnier was a Belgian soldier who participated in the expeditions led by Henry Morton Stanley and was the founder and first commander of the station o
General Charles-Marie (de) Braconnier in 1911
Louis Valcke
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Louis Pierre Alphonse Valcke was a Belgian soldier, explorer, and colonial administrator.
Charles-Marie de Braconnier
…African Association. On 15 August 1880 Braconnier left Liverpool aboard the Gaboon, accompanied by Paul Nève, Victor Harou, Edmond Hanssens and Louis Valcke. In mid-September, he arrived in the Congo and reached Vivi at the end of September 1880. Henry Morton Stanley was waiting for him. Braconnier, Stanley…
Valcke from Stanley's 1885 The Congo and the founding of its free state
Banana in 1887
Alphonse van Gèle
The Congo leaving the Pool circa 1888