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Paul Du Chaillu was a French-American traveller, anthropologist and zoologist. He made several expeditions to Africa in the 1850s and is credited as the first European to have 'discovered' the gorilla and the Pygmy people of central Africa. He identified a number of new species including the giant otter shrew and African pygmy squirrel. He gave lectures and wrote several books including adventure stories for children. In later life he visited Scandinavia and studied the early history of its people which culminated in the publication of his book 'The Viking Age' in 1889.
Paul Du Chaillu was a French-American traveller, anthropologist and zoologist. He made several expeditions to Africa in the 1850s and is credited as the first European to have 'discovered' the gorilla and the Pygmy people of central Africa. He identified a number of new species including the giant otter shrew and African pygmy squirrel. He gave lectures and wrote several books including adventure stories for children. In later life he visited Scandinavia and studied the early history of its people which culminated in the publication of his book 'The Viking Age' in 1889.
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| Title: | Letter from Paul du Chaillu |
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| Description: | Paul du Chaillu declines an offer from Sampson Low to publish his manuscript but informs him he will give a lecture on February 25th at the Royal Geographical Society, after which the publisher may make him an offer which he will then consider. The work he refers to is probably 'Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa: with accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chase of the gorilla, the crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals' which was subsequently published by J. Murray in 1861. |
| Letter dated: | 16-02-1861 |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 1, 3 pages ; some minor glue seepage. |
| Type of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes c.1913: "Paul Belloni du Chaillu, a distinguished traveller, was born in July 1837. His writings include "Stories from the Gorilla Country", "Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa", "The Country of the Dwarfs" &. He died April 29. 1903." |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | From wikimedia.org |
| Identifier: | SL_22 |
