René CAILLIE

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Explorer - 19th century

FrenchBorn René CAILLIE

French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu

Born on November 19, 1799 in Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, France , France

Died on May 17, 1838 in La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien, France

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Caillié was born at Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou, the son of a baker. He was born into the lowest levels of European society. The orphaned son of a prison convict, uneducated, frail, and thin, he was the antithesis of the traditional military commander adventurer. The reading of Robinson Crusoe kindled in him a love of travel and adventure, and at the age of sixteen he made a voyage to Senegal from where he went to Guadeloupe. Returning to Senegal in 1818 he made a journey to Bundu to carry supplies to a British expedition then in that country. ...   Caillié was born at Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou, the son of a baker. He was born into the lowest levels of European society. The orphaned son of a prison convict, uneducated, frail, and thin, he was the antithesis of the traditional military commander adventurer. The reading of Robinson Crusoe kindled in him a love of travel and adventure, and at the age of sixteen he made a voyage to Senegal from where he went to Guadeloupe. Returning to Senegal in 1818 he made a journey to Bundu to carry supplies to a British expedition then in that country.



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