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Letter from Edmond Perrier, Director of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, informing Hottot that the museum would support his proposed expedition to Africa.

Hottot Papers 3/82

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Letter from the Minister of Public Instruction to Emile Dupont, Hottot's local senator, informing him that the French government had agreed to confer the official status of scientific mission on the proposed expedition.

Hottot Papers 3/83

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Route map provided by the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo for its passengers, with annotations made by Hottot on the outward journey in February 1908.

Hottot Papers 3/89

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An expedition luggage label saved by Hottot as a souvenir.

Hottot Papers 3/88

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Hottot's expedition diary, showing entries for 10 and 11 April 1908 describing the measurement of local Kango people at Lake Tumba.

Hottot Papers 1/7a

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A page of sketches made by Hottot during the expedition, showing metal spearheads, throwing knives and three lizards painted on house walls.

Hottot Papers 3/101

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Map of tribal areas around the Kemo River, Oubangui-Chari, with 'habitat' boundaries marked in green and French colonial routes, linked by military posts, shown in black.

Hottot Papers 1/2g

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Map of rivers, places and peoples around Fort Archambault on the Chari River, Chad.

Hottot Papers 1/2h

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Map of the Fort Archambault and Baguirmi regions of southern Chad, copied from a published map and annotated by Hottot during the expedition.

Hottot Papers 1/2k

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Source: Philip N. Grover and Christopher Morton, Congo Journey: Photographs and Documents from Robert Hottot's Expedition to Central Africa, 1908-9 [website], (published online September 2005, last updated 8 February 2006) <http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/congojourney>.