MAURITANIA - Original personal draft of the text of the conf - Lot 292

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MAURITANIA - Original personal draft of the text of the conf - Lot 292
MAURITANIA - Original personal draft of the text of the conference given by Lieutenant de La Roque on Mauritania. 21 pages in-4 with erasures, corrections, additions of newspaper articles, telling 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 dwell 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 palavers and to decide the natives by persuasion..." etc... exciting and important text. Another draft of the same text is attached, with some differences; A series of 6 original photographs taken in Aftout or Tidjikdja; 4 large original photographs of the period: soldiers and natives. Rare and beautiful set of documents on the presence and action of French soldiers in Mauritania in the early 20th century. Rare and precious unique set of great historical importance.
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