Marie Jules Dupré
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Marie-Jules Dupré was a French admiral. He was governor of Réunion from 1865 to 1869 under the Second French Empire, and governor of Cochinchina from 1871 to 1874 under the French Third Republic. He n
Marie Jules Dupré
Francis Garnier
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Marie Joseph François Garnier was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. He eventually became mission leader of the Mekong Exploration Commission in 19th centur
Marie Jules Dupré
…the Vietnamese objected to use of the Red River route to China by the French trader Jean Dupuis. Dupré ignored government instructions and dispatched Francis Garnier with a naval force to Hanoi, where it captured the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long. Dupré was concerned that British and German enterprises on the China…
Lieutenant de vaisseau Francis Garnier
Francis Garnier, as an Enseigne de vaisseau in the 1860s.
Mekong Exploration Commission. Garnier at the left.
Ceremonial dress of Nguyễn Tri Phương, taken as a trophy by Garnier.