The Marquis Christian de Bonchamps (15 June 1860 – 9 December 1919) was a French explorer in Africa and a colonial officer in the French Empire during the late 19th- early 20th-century epoch known as the "Scramble for Africa", who played an important role in two of the more notorious incidents of the period. == The Stairs Expedition == De Bonchamps served as a cavalry officer in France and then spent several seasons in North America, hunting in the Rocky Mountains.
The Marquis Christian de Bonchamps (15 June 1860 – 9 December 1919) was a French explorer in Africa and a colonial officer in the French Empire during the late 19th- early 20th-century epoch known as the "Scramble for Africa", who played an important role in two of the more notorious incidents of the period. == The Stairs Expedition == De Bonchamps served as a cavalry officer in France and then spent several seasons in North America, hunting in the Rocky Mountains.
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