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Historical mapRoutes in Morocco by Charles de Foucauld, 1883-1884 (general map)1887Internet Archive (exemplaire du Getty Research Institute), via Wikimedia Commons ; autre exemplaire : BnF (Gallica)

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Charles de Foucauld

شارل دو فوكو

Explorer; crossed the western Saghro in 1883-1884 and published Reconnaissance au Maroc (1888).

Born
1858 Confirmed by a verified source
Died
1916 Confirmed by a verified source
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Vicomte Charles de Foucauld

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His atlas records his route at 1:250,000: sheet 15 (“Dâdes”) shows his crossing of the western Saghro, from the Drâa to the Dadès; sheet 16 (“Todra”) the Todgha and the Ferkla, with the label “Djebel Sarro” over a massif left blank.

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Sources — 1 sources cited · 1 independent documentary line(s)

  1. Foucauld, 1888 — Atlas, feuilles 15 et 16Excerpts consulted · Colonial literature

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  1. 1883 – 1884Confirmed by a verified source

    Charles de Foucauld crosses the western Saghro

    During his 1883-1884 reconnaissance, Foucauld surveyed his route from the Drâa (Tamnougalt) to the Dadès, then the Todgha and the Ferkla. On his map, the east of the massif remains a blank bearing only the name “Djebel Sarro”.

    ⌖ Tamnougalt (Mezguita)⌖ Boumalne Dades⌖ Tinghir⌖ Jbel Saghro

    Sources — 1 sources cited · 1 independent documentary line(s)

    1. Foucauld, 1888 — Atlas, feuilles 15 et 16Excerpts consulted · Colonial literature