Guillaume Lejean

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{{Infobox person

| name = Guillaume Marie Lejean

| image = Guillaume-Lejean-Portrait.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1828|02|01}}

| birth_place = Plouégat-Guérand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1871|02|02|1828|02|01}}

| death_place = Plouégat-Guérand

| occupation = Explorer, ethnographer

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Guillaume Lejean (1 February, 1828 in Plouégat-Guérand - 2 February, 1871 in Plouégat-Guérand) was a Breton of French citizenship who was an explorer and ethnographer.Robert Elsie, Texts and Documents of Albanian History. [http://www.albanianhistory.net/1858_Lejean/index.html 1858 — 1869, Guillaume Lejean: Travels in Albania and Kosovo].

Works

  • Ethnographie de la Turquie d'Europe (French for "Ethnography of Turkey of Europe."). Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1861
  • Voyage aux deux Nils (French for "Travel to the two Niles"). Paris, 1865–68
  • Théodore II, le nouvel empire d'Abyssinie et les intérèts francais (French for "Theodore II, the new empire of Abyssinia and the French interests"). Paris, 1865

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Category:19th-century French explorers

Category:1828 births

Category:1871 deaths

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