More than just a name: Colonel Messager and his correspondents

More than just a name: Colonel Messager and his correspondents

We present a brief biography of Louis Gabriel Martin Messager, a French military who served in several French colonies during the last part of the 19th century and who is mentioned several time in the malacological literature as ‘Colonel Messager’. We present details on his collecting activities, al...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zoosystema 2019-01, Vol.41 (2), p.7-19
Hauptverfasser: Breure, Abraham S. H, Páll-Gergely, Barna
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
19th century
collecteur
collector
correspondance
correspondence
eponyms
Vietnam
XIXe siècle
éponymes
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Zusammenfassung:We present a brief biography of Louis Gabriel Martin Messager, a French military who served in several French colonies during the last part of the 19th century and who is mentioned several time in the malacological literature as ‘Colonel Messager’. We present details on his collecting activities, also reflected in his correspondence to Bavay and Martel, and illustrated by some samples from his former collection. Also a list of eponyms is included.
ISSN:1280-9551
1638-9387
DOI:10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a2