His third expedition resulted in founding a post at Cape Lopez after he fully charted the basin of the Ogowe River onboard the ship Venus.
During this man's early travels, he was accompanied by Alfred Marche and the doctor Noel Ballay, whom he entrusted with establishing a transport route. His third expedition resulted in founding a post at Cape Lopez after he fully charted the basin of the Ogowe River onboard the ship Venus. After pacifying the Fang peoples, he arranged a rendezvous with the elderly king Iloo. As a result of that meeting, he concluded the so-called Makoko Treaty, which he reportedly delivered in a crystal box to the Bateke peoples after securing the treaty's ratification by his friendship with Jules Ferry. For 10 points, name this late 19th century French explorer who was a more diplomatic counterpart to Henry Stanley, and whose name survives today in the capital of the Republic of the Congo.
During this man's early travels, he was accompanied by Alfred Marche and the doctor Noel Ballay, whom he entrusted with establishing a transport route.
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza