Henry de Monfreid [SEP] native language
Henry de Monfreid
Henry de Monfreid (14 November 1879 in Leucate – 13 December 1974) was a French adventurer and author. Born in Leucate, Aude, France, he was the son of artist painter Georges-Daniel de Monfreid and knew Paul Gauguin as a child.
Monfreid was famous for his travels in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa coast from Tanzania to Aden, Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula and Suez, that he sailed in his various expeditions as adventurer, smuggler and gunrunner (during which he
Discography.
"Henry de Monfreid chante la mer", 33rpm, PolyGram distribution, PY 899, ("Henry de Monfreid sings sea shanties, and plays piano")
In popular culture.
In "The Adventures of Tintin" comic "Cigars of the Pharaoh", the hero and his dog are cast adrift in sarcophagi in the Red Sea. They are then picked up by a passing sailing ship captained by a man who turns out to be a gunrunner. The captain was based on de Monfreid.