Marie-Jules Dupré: Quick Facts

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Francis Garnier

French naval officer

Louis-Adolphe Bonard

French admiral

Charles Rigault de Genouilly

French admiral

Cardinal Richelieu

French cardinal and statesman

Paul-Louis-Félix Philastre

French administrator and diplomat

Jules Ferry

French statesman

Jean Ribaut

French naval officer

Ernest-Marc-Louis Doudart de Lagrée

French explorer and diplomat

Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville

French-Canadian soldier and explorer

Charles de Gaulle

president of France

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

French statesman

René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle

French explorer

Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac

French colonial governor

Jacques Cartier

French explorer

Samuel de Champlain

French explorer

Louis Faidherbe

governor of French Senegal

Jean Dupuis

French trader

Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve

French admiral

Joseph-François Dupleix

French colonial official

François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort

French prince