Chaillu, Paul Belloni Du

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Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni - c.1831–1903, French-American explorer in Africa. Born probably in Paris, he spent his youth on the west coast of Africa, where his father was a trader in Gabon. There he learned the native langu...