Aimé Olivier de Sanderval

Aimé Olivier de Sanderval (10 July 1840, Lyon, France – 22 March 1919), comte de Sanderval, was a French adventurer, explorer of West Africa, entrepreneur and author.

Early life He was born in Lyon, the second of three brothers; Marius was born in 1839 and René in 1843.

He attended the lycée Saint-Louis in Paris. (of which his uncle Théodore Olivier was a co-founder).

Velocipedes In August 1865, René and Aimé Olivier, along with Georges de La Bouglise, traveled by velocipede (an early form of the bicycle) across France from Paris to Tullins to visit the Olivers' uncle, Michel Perret; they then continued on to Avignon. While still students at the Central School, the Olivier brothers became acquainted with Pierre Michaux. Olivier himself explored much of "Lower and Middle Guinea". He visited Labé in 1875 and traveled to Timbo by way of Boké twice, in 1880 and 1888. ) The concessions were taken away from him, but they played a part in the creation of a French protectorate over the Fouta Djallon area. It won the 2008 prix Renaudot.

Works De l'Atlantique au Niger par le Foutah-Djallon, carnet de voyage d'Aimé Olivier de Sanderval, 1882. Soudan français Kahel; carnet de voyage, d'Aimé Olivier de Sanderval, 1893. Conquête du Foutah-Djallon, d'Aimé Olivier de Sanderval, 1899. Les Rives du Konkouré, de l'Atlantique au Fouta-Djalon, Paris, Challamel, 1900. De l'absolu (extraits). La mort n'est pas la mort., Digne, Constans et Davin, 1914. Mémoires d'Aimé Olivier, comte de Sanderval, published by Georges Olivier de Sanderval, with illustrations by Gaullieur-L'Hardy, Imprimeries bretonnes, 1961.