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Pertuiset. André Adolphe Eugene Disderi
1865 -1867, collodion on glass. private collection. France. Portrait.
Eugène Pertuiset was a celebrated lion hunter who enjoyed considerable media attention and fame during the Second French Empire. In addition to being a big-game hunter, he was an engineer, collector of weapons and paintings, and was commissioned in 1873 by the Republic of Chile to lead an exploration of Tierra del Fuego. After crossing the Strait of Magellan, he made several expeditions into the interior, discovered coal deposits on Dawson Island and obtained a concession to establish a colony, which he intended to populate with settlers from France; however, the Chilean government withdrew from the project. Returning to Paris, he wrote colorful accounts of his adventures.
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Pertuiset. André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri:
1865 -1867, Kollodium auf Glas.
Privatsammlung.
Frankreich.
Porträt.
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