Heinrich Barth
1821-1865
German Explorer
Heinrich Barth spent most of his adult life exploring Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa in the company of James Richardson (1806-1851) and on his own. Originally ...
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Heinrich Barth
Born 1821, Hamburg, Germany Died November 24, 1865, Berlin, Germany
Heinrich Barth, a German explorer, made a five-year expedition to Africa on behalf of the British government. He cr...
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The German explorer Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) greatly expanded European knowledge of the western and central Sudan in Africa.Heinrich Barth was born on Feb. 16, 1821, in Hamburg. He showed remarkable...
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Heinrich Barth
Heinrich Barth
Heinrich Barth