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Casimir-LĂ©on Maistre

French explorer
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Casimir-LĂ©on Maistre (born September 24, 1867, Villeneuvette, France—died September 20, 1957, Montpellier) was a French soldier and explorer who took part in the first thorough European exploration of Madagascar and led expeditions into previously unexplored regions of Central Africa, thereby extending French influence there. After serving as second in command of a French mission that traversed the whole of Madagascar (1889–90), Maistre was put in charge of an expedition (1891) to investigate the navigability of...

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