- BRAZZA, PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE
- explorer, born in Rome; acquired land N. of the Congo for France, and obtained a governorship; b. 1852.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
BRAZZA, PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE
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Brazza, Pierre (-Paul-François-Camille) Savorgnan de — born Jan. 26, 1852, near Rome [Italy] died Sept. 14, 1905, Dakar, Seneg., French West Africa French explorer and colonial administrator. Born to Italian nobility in Brazil, he joined the French navy. In 1875–78 he explored the Ogooué River (in… … Universalium
