Frédéric Weisgerber

Frédéric Weisgerber (30 March 1868, - 26 December 1946, Rabat) was a French colonial doctor and cartographer active in Morocco before and during the French Protectorate.

[1][2][3][4][5] In 1904, he wrote a book entitled Trois mois de campagne au Maroc: étude géographique de la région parcourue about his three-month participation in a campaign in Morocco in the winter of 1898.

[5] His 1904 book Trois Mois de Campagne au Maroc recounts his 3-month journey through Morocco occasioned by the illness of Sultan Abdelaziz's grand vizier, Ahmed bin Mūsa ash-Sharqī, commonly known as Ba Ahmed, early 1898.

[6][7] In this book, Weisgerber describes the geography of what had been a "terra incognita" to Europeans: its "orography, hydrography, geology, climate, flora, fauna, and population.

[7] The book also discusses the ongoing insurrection of Jilali ben Driss al-Youssefi al-Zerhouni, commonly known as El Rogui or Bou Hmara, in the north, as well as the Makhzen's treatment of prisoners at the time.

Plan of Casablanca in 1907, the year the French bombed the city , as prepared by Frédéric Weisgerber. Published in the 10 August 1907 issue of L'Illustration .