Eugene Mage
- Category : 1837-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (53,54,60)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX The Alpha 1
Biography
French naval officer and explorer of Africa. Mage published the first detailed description of the Toucouleur Empire created by El Hadj Umar Tall.
In February 1868, Mage was given command of the paddle corvette La Gorgone. He patrolled the coast of the Iberian peninsula during 1869 and then headed back to Cherbourg. On 19 December 1869, while attempting to round the Britanny peninsula, the ship was wrecked on the Pierres Noires rocks, south of Ushant. All 93 crew were drowned and Mage's body was never recovered.