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Darwin Correspondence Project

Joseph Gabet

1808–53

French missionary in China. Travelled in Tartary and Tibet, 1839–46, part of the time with Évariste Régis Huc. Co-author, with Huc, of an account of their travels. Sent to Brazil in 1848, where he died of yellow fever.

Source

DBF.

Bibliography

DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.

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