Louis Valcke
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Louis Pierre Alphonse Valcke was a Belgian soldier, explorer, and colonial administrator.
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
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
Louis Valcke
…Avant and Royal up the navigable stretch of the river to Manyanga, where Stanley started to build a post, which he entrusted to Victor Harou. He charged Charles-Marie de Braconnier with building a road from Manianga to the mouth of the Lufu River, bypassing the Ntombo-Mataka falls. Valcke entrusted Isanghila to Eugène Janssens and…
General Charles-Marie (de) Braconnier in 1911