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African expedition, leaving on 1 January 1883 and staying in Africa until April 1886. His diary recorded travel impressions, naturalistic observations and notes on the physical conditions and social customs of the local people. Although his
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Giacomo
Savorgnan di BrazzĂ was born in Rome on 14 December 1859, the 12th of 13 children. His parents were Ascanio Savorgnan di BrazzĂ , a sculptor and painter who had studied under
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original mandate was to collect specimens of the flora, fauna and minerals, he was later entrusted with true exploration. He travelled through the
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of France. Although he planned to return to Africa, his health was broken by the expedition. He died of
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reached Msuata on the Congo, where they met BrazzĂ and
Attilio PĂ©cile, who were going by canoe to the
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in Paris have collections of BrazzĂ 's specimens and anthropological materials.
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in 1886, who assigned it to the family
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Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-11-18), "De Brazza",
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basin and up the Congo. On 24 November 1884 the
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121:Jacques Savorgnan di Brazza
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240:Last years and legacy
272:Henri Ernest Baillon
114:African explorations
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309:Enteromius brazzai
280:De Brazza's monkey
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