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Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
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Italian explorer
Key facts
- Born
- Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà , ( 1852-01-26 ) 26 January 1852, Rome , Papal States
- Died
- 14 September 1905 (1905-09-14) (aged 53), Dakar , Upper Senegal and Niger, French West Africa
- Occupation
- Explorer
- Spouse
- Thérèse Pineton de Chambrun ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 12 August 1895</span>"}]]}'>1895 )
- Children
- Jacques Antoine Charles Marthe
- Relatives
- Adolphe de Chambrun (father-in-law) Pierre de Chambrun (brother-in-law) Charles de Chambrun (brother-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Papal States
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Dakar
- Sibling
- Jacques de Brazza
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Educated at
- Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza by Paul Nadar.jpg
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza
- date of birth
- 1852-01-26
- date of death
- 1905-09-14
- birth name
- Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà
- cause of death
- disease
- collection items at
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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Encyclopedic overview
Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (born Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian-French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogooué region of Central Africa, and later with the backing of the Société de Géographie de Paris, he reached far into the interior along the right bank of the Congo River. He has often been depicted as a man of friendly manner, great charm and peaceful approach towards the Africans he met and worked with on his journeys. Under French colonial rule, the capital of the Republic of the Congo was named Brazzaville after him and the name was retained by the post-colonial rulers.
Early years
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