LC control no. | n 90644289 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Crevaux, Jules, 1847-1882 |
Variant(s) | Crevaux, J. (Jules), 1847-1882 |
Associated country | Guyana |
Associated place | Gran Chaco (Bolivia : Province) Amazon River Region |
Place of birth | Lorquin (France) |
Place of death | Pilcomayo River Watershed |
Field of activity | Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 |
Affiliation | France. Marine Orinoco River Watershed (Venezuela and Colombia) |
Profession or occupation | Physician Explorer |
Found in | His En radeau sur l'Orénoque, c1989: t.p. (Jules Crevaux) front flap (1847-1882) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Crevaux, Jules Nicolas, 1847-1882; usage: Jules Crevaux, J. Crevaux) ¿Quién mató a Crevaux?, 2017: page 11, etc. (Jules Crevaux; born 1847 in Lorquin; died April 27, 1882 in the Pilcomayo River Watershed in the Gran Chaco of Bolivia when he was assassinated by members of an indigenous tribe; fought during the Franco Prussian War in 1870; joined the French Navy as a doctor; began a series of voyages to explore various rivers in Guyana, the Amazon Basin and the Orinoco River; author of Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud (1883) and Le mendiant de l'Eldorado : de Cayenne aux Andes, 1876-1879 (1987)) |
Associated language | fre |