The successful expedition across West Africa impressed the statesman Théophile Delcassé, who took Monteil to meet the President of France, Sadi Carnot on 4 May 1893.
He gave a great impetus to French colonial enterprise, especially in West Africa, where he organized the newly acquired colony of Dahomey, and despatched the Liotard mission to the upper Ubangi.
Théophile Gautier | Narcisse Théophile Patouillard | Théophile Steinlen | Théophile Cailleux | Théophile Bra | Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin | Théophile Thoré-Bürger | Théophile Rudolphe Studer | Théophile-Jules Pelouze | Theophile Gautier | Théophile de Viau | Théophile Delcassé | Théophile de Donder | Jean Théophile Victor Leclerc |