Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de Brazza, French explorer and founder of Brazzaville, 1882. Artist: Unknown

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Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de Brazza, French explorer and founder of Brazzaville, 1882. Brazza (1852-1905) in the Belgian Congo. Brazza's explorations of the Congo paved the way to the establishment of French colonies in West Africa. His sudden death from a fever in Dakar in 1905 led to speculation that he had been poisoned.

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