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510 - Charles MORNET (1863–1942), sailor and explorer.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Charles MORNET (1863–1942), sailor and explorer. Letter written from aboard the Salazie on 2 November 1901, to a friend, a colonel; 12 pages, in-12 format, bearing the letterhead of the gunboat ‘La Surprise’, ‘The Former Commander’. At the time of his departure from China, after Émile Hourst had been chosen in his place to lead the great expedition up the upper Yangtze River and travel 3,200 km up the Blue River to Chongqing... ‘Do you also remember our conversations about the Yangtze? It was all just a plan then, but it has now become a reality, since, according to the news I received just as I was leaving Shanghai, my friend Hourst is reported to have successfully navigated the rapids.’ He recounts how he had put himself forward, unsuccessfully, “for the undertaking of this mission […]. I had thought I might be appointed and had informed my family, who had accepted the sacrifice”…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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