LSE4333676 Lieutenant Valliere defends himself against the inhabitants of Sibi (or Siby), a Mandingo village of Upper Niger (present-day Mali), whose inhabitants were very disturbed by the arrival of exploration detachment. Engraving by Riou, based on a sketch by the author, to illustrate the story ???xploration du Haut-Niger (Haut-Niger)??(present-day Mali) by the commander Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) of the naval infantry, in 1881-82. Published in the Tour du monde, 1er semester 1883, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), edition Hachette, Paris. by Riou, Edouard (1833-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lieutenant Valliere defends himself against the inhabitants of Sibi (or Siby), a Mandingo village of Upper Niger (present-day Mali), whose inhabitants were very disturbed by the arrival of exploration detachment. Engraving by Riou, based on a sketch by the author, to illustrate the story ???xploration du Haut-Niger (Haut-Niger)??(present-day Mali) by the commander Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) of the naval infantry, in 1881-82. Published in the Tour du monde, 1er semester 1883, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), edition Hachette, Paris.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.