Claudius Madrolle
Illustration — Portrait of Claudius Madrolle by Nadar Claudius Madrolle (22 July 1870 – 16 June 1949) was a French explorer in Africa and Asia and editor of travel guides who specialized in East Asia. Publishers included Comité de l'Asie Française, Hachette and the Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. In 1902, thanks to this young and wealthy French explorer, was published the first of a serie of travel guides to the Far East.
Claudius Madrolle
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- Born
- 1870 · Dieppe.
- Died
- 1949 · Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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- France
- Occupation
- explorer · cartographer
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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From the beginning, he designed his project to match the spirit of well-known guides such as Baedeker, Joanne or Murray. A collection indeed, as a total of 70 guides, 11 of them in English, were published between 1902 and 1939. This period, during which Far East countries were slowly embracing tourism, was also a period of considerable political and social turmoil. For Claudius Madrolle, these changes added serious hurdles to the completion of his project.
• Illustration — Cover of Madrolle's Northern China, 1912 * * * * • (Index) * * *
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Claudius Madrolle (22 July 1870 – 16 June 1949) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The birth of Claudius Madrolle is recorded on 22 July 1870 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), and the death on 16 June 1949 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).
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Claudius Madrolle born at Dieppe.
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Claudius Madrolle died at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Claudius Madrolle is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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