MAURITANIA - Personal original draft of the text of the lect - Lot 30

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MAURITANIA - Personal original draft of the text of the lect - Lot 30
MAURITANIA - Personal original draft of the text of the lecture given by Lieutenant de La Roque on Mauritania. 21 pages in-4 with deletions, corrections, additions of newspaper articles, recounting in detail the Campaigns of 1902-1903, 1903-1904, 1904-1905 and up to October 1908, including the account of the death of Mr. Coppolini. ..."I will try to be as short as possible in the physical description of the monotonous regions of Mauritania, I will extend myself more on the customs of its nomads, on the history of our relations with them and on the physiognomy of a colonial expedition conceived as following the most recent modern theories, tending to replace the fights by palaver and to decide the natives by perusasion..." etc... fascinating and important text. Another draft of the same text, with some differences, is attached; a series of 6 original photographs taken at Aftout or Tidjikdja; 4 large original photographs of the period: soldiers and natives. A rare and beautiful set of documents on the presence and action of French soldiers in Mauritania at the beginning of the 20th century.