Les explorateurs français du XIXe siècle reconsidérés (suite)

Beyond scientific and anecdotal sides of explorations, it is possible to question about the personality of French explorers that have travelled throughout the world between 1800 and 1900. Usually these men were young and devoted only a part of their lifetime to travelling, confining themselves to a definite country or continent. Being « professional » travellers (colonial military officers, missionaries, diplomats...) or « self-interested » travellers by nature (geographers, naturalists, ethnologists...) they barely received special training to prepare to their duties. Generally, they were. invested with official representative authority being financed by official institutions. If there is no picture of the typical explorer, there are nevertheless some common spiritual features and motivations. One can then consider the material set-up of the exploration (participating members, clothing, food, language, contact with natives...) and the explorer's daily life. More or less welcomed on his home return, the explorer makes himself known through conférences and publications which will eventually enable him to leave again or, less frequently, to find a profitable employment

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