French West Africa 58
The presence of French colonies on the African continent is a
complicated one, but one thing is fairly clear, Marcel Treich-Laplène
was instrumental in establishing agreements with Africans in western
Africa. Treich-Laplène was Arthur Verdier's agent in the 1880s. He
negotiated 5 agreements that extended French influence from the
headwaters of teh Niger River through the Côte d'Ivoire. In 1889
he was named tituler governor of Côte d'Ivoire.
He died in 1890.
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The map on the stamp shows a route presumably
connected with Treich-Laplène. The
portrait of Treich-Laplène is based on an engraving for Louis Gustave
Binger's book, Du Niger au Golfe de Guinée published in 1892.
Binger was a French officer who also worked to expand French influence
in the area.
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