LSE4333697 The members of the mission, at Bakel (fort bati on the borders of Senegal, Mauritania and Mali) on April 23, 1881, marked the end of Commander Gallieni\'s exploration mission. Engraved by A. Sirouy, from a photograph, to illustrate the story ???xploration du Haut-Niger (Haut Niger)??(present-day Mali) by Commander Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) of the Marine Infantry, 1881-1882. Published in the Tour du monde, 1er semester 1883, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), edition Hachette, Paris. by Sirouy, Achille (1834-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: The members of the mission, at Bakel (fort bati on the borders of Senegal, Mauritania and Mali) on April 23, 1881, marked the end of Commander Gallieni\'s exploration mission. Engraved by A. Sirouy, from a photograph, to illustrate the story ???xploration du Haut-Niger (Haut Niger)??(present-day Mali) by Commander Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) of the Marine Infantry, 1881-1882. Published in the Tour du monde, 1er semester 1883, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), edition Hachette, Paris.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.