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EXPLORERS. Set of 2 documents: - Jean-Baptiste ROLLAND DE KESSANG (1841-1907), naturalist and explorer of Madagascar and Malaya, Consul of Costa Rica. Photographic portrait with signed autograph, S.l., February 7, 1882. Photograph by Alfred Portal mounted on yellow card. 16.2 x 10.5 cm. "A la famille Michel / Pichon, / souvenir bien amical / JB. Rolland / Voyageur naturaliste à la Presqu'île de Malacca / 1875 à 1881 / 7 - 2 - 82". A simple, self-taught worker, Rolland studied ornithology and taxidermy, particularly of tropical birds. Having saved penny by penny, he sailed for Singapore in 1875, then settled in Kessang in the coastal state of Malacca, a country that no European had yet penetrated. He stayed for 8 years, exploring the forest and its flora and fauna. - Roald AMUNDSEN (1872-1928), Norwegian polar explorer]. Prince Roland BONAPARTE (1858-1924), French geographer and botanist. Printed invitation card for Charles Normand. Circa December 1912. 1 p. in-12 oblong. Engraved wreath at head. Invitation from Roland Bonaparte to celebrate the return of Roald Amundsen's polar expedition, known as the "Amundsen Expedition", which took place between 1910 and 1912 at the South Pole.
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EXPLORERS. Set of 2 documents: - Jean-Baptiste ROLLAND DE KESSANG (1841-1907), naturalist and explorer of Madagascar and Malaya, Consul of Costa Rica. Photographic portrait with signed autograph, S.l., February 7, 1882. Photograph by Alfred Portal mounted on yellow card. 16.2 x 10.5 cm. "A la famille Michel / Pichon, / souvenir bien amical / JB. Rolland / Voyageur naturaliste à la Presqu'île de Malacca / 1875 à 1881 / 7 - 2 - 82". A simple, self-taught worker, Rolland studied ornithology and taxidermy, particularly of tropical birds. Having saved penny by penny, he sailed for Singapore in 1875, then settled in Kessang in the coastal state of Malacca, a country that no European had yet penetrated. He stayed for 8 years, exploring the forest and its flora and fauna. - Roald AMUNDSEN (1872-1928), Norwegian polar explorer]. Prince Roland BONAPARTE (1858-1924), French geographer and botanist. Printed invitation card for Charles Normand. Circa December 1912. 1 p. in-12 oblong. Engraved wreath at head. Invitation from Roland Bonaparte to celebrate the return of Roald Amundsen's polar expedition, known as the "Amundsen Expedition", which took place between 1910 and 1912 at the South Pole.
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