Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
1835-1903
French-American traveller and anthropologist who explored West Africa extensively between 1855 and 1859. He was probably the first white man to see gorillas, which we...
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Paul Du Chaillu
Born c. 1831, Paris, France Died April 30, 1903, St. Petersburg, Russia
Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a colorful American explorer with a love of adventure and a gift for storytelling....
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He was known as "Chally" or "Spirit" to the tribesmen of the Gabon and interior regions of equatorial Africa and as "Friend Paul" to thousands of juvenile readers. The world knew Paul Belloni Du Chail...
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