Louis-Gustave Binger facts for kids
Louis-Gustave Binger (born October 14, 1856 – died November 10, 1936) was a French officer and explorer. He is famous for claiming the land that is now Côte d'Ivoire for France.
Binger was born in Strasbourg, a city in the Bas-Rhin area of France. In 1887, he began a long journey from Senegal. He traveled all the way up to the Niger River. He finally arrived at Grand Bassam in 1889. During this trip, he made an important discovery: the famous Mountains of Kong did not actually exist! He wrote about his amazing journey in a book called Du Niger au golfe de Guinée par le pays de Kong et le Mossi. This means "From the Niger to the Gulf of Guinea through the land of Kong and the Mossi." The book was published in 1891.
In 1892, Louis-Gustave Binger went back to the Guinea Coast. His job was to help set the borders between the British and French colonies. A year later, in 1893, Binger was chosen to be the governor of the Côte d'Ivoire. He stayed in this important role until 1898.
After his time as governor, he returned to France. He took on an administrative job in Paris at the French Colonial Ministry. In 1899, a famous group called the Royal Geographical Society gave him a special award. They gave him their Founder's Gold Medal for all his hard work as an explorer.
Louis-Gustave Binger passed away in L'Isle-Adam, France. He was buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. A city in the Ivory Coast is named after him. It is called Bingerville.
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Armed men tried to stop the French explorer Louis-Gustave Binger from entering Sia (Bobo-Dioulasso) in April 1892.
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In Spanish: Louis-Gustave Binger para niños
