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Louis-Gustave Binger

1856–1936 · 20th century

Louis-Gustave Binger was a French officer and explorer of West Africa. Between 1887 and 1889 he travelled from the Niger bend to the Gulf of Guinea by way of Kong, signing treaties that extended French influence in the interior. When the Ivory Coast became a French colony in 1893 he was appointed its first governor.

Louis-Gustave Binger
Image: Antoine Meyer, Colmar · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Kong EmpireFrench Ivory Coast

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