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Marie-Jules Dupré

French naval officer
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Marie-Jules Dupré (born Nov. 25, 1813, Albi, Fr.—died Feb. 8, 1881, Paris) was a French naval officer who served as governor of French Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) in 1871–74. Despite official policy opposing imperialistic expansion, Dupré attempted to establish French dominance in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) with the hope of promoting trade and of finding a commercial route into China. Dupré graduated from the naval school in 1831 as a midshipman; he attained the grade of lieutenant...

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