2-360-020 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Amedee Courbet, French admiral, 1880. In May 1880 Courbet (1827-1885) was appointed Governor of New Caledonia. He later won several victories in the Tonkin Campaign (1883-1886) and the Sino-French War (1884-1885). A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920.