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Gabriel Bonvalot

Gabriel Bonvalot was a French explorer, politician and writer (1853–1933). He was born at Épagne and died at Paris.

Gabriel Bonvalot in brief

Born
1853
Died
1933
Known for
explorer, politician and writer
Place of birth
Épagne
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Career and activity

Recorded position is member of the French National Assembly. He belonged to Académie des sciences d'outre-mer. He worked at Paris.

Recognition and collections

Gabriel Bonvalot received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations and Marcelin Guérin Prize.

Catalogued works

18 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1884 to 2006.

De Moscou en Bactriane. En Asie centrale, du Kohistan à la Caspienne. Fous du Tibet. De Paris au Tonkin à travers le Tibet inconnu. De Paris au Tonkin. Du Caucase aux Indes a travers le Pamir, dated 1889. Du Caucase aux Indes à travers le Pamir, dated 1889. En Asie centrale, dated 1884. En Asie centrale, du Kohistan à la Caspienne: de Kohistan à la Caspienne, dated 1885. Propos d'un Français .., dated 1923. Voyages, dated 1924. Across Thibet V1, dated 2006. Across Thibet V2, dated 2006. Across Thibet, dated 1891. Through the heart of Asia, dated 1889. L'Asie inconnue, à travers le Tibet. L'Asie inconnue. 'B', dated 1934-1944, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Bonvalot, Pierre Gabriel, (1853–10 Dec. 1933), explorer, Who Was Who, 2007. Gabriel Bonvalot (1853-1933), Annales de Géographie, 1934.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

En Asie centrale: De Moscou en Bactriane (1884) — Internet Archive. Through The Heart Of Asia Vol-i (1889) — Internet Archive. Through the Heart of Asia Vol. 1: Over the Pamïr to India (2012) — Internet Archive. Across Thibet Vol. 2 (1891) — Internet Archive. En Asie centrale. De Moscou en Bactriane (1884) — Internet Archive. En Asie centrale, du Kohistan à la Caspienne: de Kohistan à la Caspienne (1885) — Internet Archive. A Cross Thibet (1997) — Internet Archive. Across Thibet (1891) — Internet Archive. Across Thibet: Being a Translation of "De Paris Au Tonkin à Travers Le Tibet ... (1892) — Internet Archive. En Asie centrale : $b du Kohistan à la Caspienne — Project Gutenberg. L'Asie inconnue : $b à travers le Tibet — Project Gutenberg. En Asie centrale : $b De Moscou en Bactriane — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include member of the French National Assembly. Membership is recorded of Académie des sciences d'outre-mer.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations and Marcelin Guérin Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1853Gabriel Bonvalot born at Épagne.
  2. 1884En Asie centrale. De Moscou en Bactriane digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1884En Asie centrale: De Moscou en Bactriane digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1885En Asie centrale, du Kohistan à la Caspienne: de Kohistan à la Caspienne digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1889Du Caucase aux Indes a travers le Pamir.
  6. 1889Through The Heart Of Asia Vol-i digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1891Across Thibet Vol. 2 digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1891Across Thibet digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1933Gabriel Bonvalot died at Paris.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Bonvalot, Pierre Gabriel, (1853–10 Dec. 1933), explorer, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Gabriel Bonvalot (1853-1933), Annales de Géographie, 1934

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Gabriel Bonvalot (Internet Archive), 22 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Internet Archive, 9 digitised items catalogued under Gabriel Bonvalot as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Project Gutenberg holds 3 full texts attributed to Gabriel Bonvalot.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Gabriel Bonvalot.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1489006: Gabriel Bonvalot

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  8. 8.

    “Gabriel Bonvalot”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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