Nachtigal, Gustav, 1834-1885
Enlarge text Shrink text-
Personality
|
System number
987007276826405171
-
Save successfulThe item can be found in your Personal ZoneשגיאהLog in to your account to save
Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
נכטיגל, גוסטב, 1834-1885
Name (Latin)
Nachtigal, Gustav, 1834-1885
Other forms of name
Nākhtījāl, Jūstāf, 1834-1885
Date of birth
1834-02-23
Date of death
1885-04-19
Associated country
Germany
Field of activity
Tropical medicine
Africa, Central--Description and travel
Africa, West--Colonization
Africa, West--Description and travel
Ethnology
Germany--Colonies--Africa
Sahara--Description and travel
Sudan (Region)--Description and travel
Occupation
Diplomats
Explorers
Physicians
Surgeons
Travel writers
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (online), viewed Feb. 5, 2018(Gustav Nachtigal; German explorer; born Feb. 23, 1834, Eichstedt, Brandenburg; died April 19, 1885, at sea, off Cape Palmas, Liberia; explorer of the Sahara who helped Germany obtain protectorates over regions now in Togo and Cameroon; military surgeon, went to Tunisia as physician to the bey; in 1869 the king of Prussia, William I, sent him on a mission to the kingdom of Bornu, now in northern Nigeria; he traveled by way of central Sahara regions including Tibesti and Borkou, today in northern Chad, then the sultanate of Baguirmi, also in Chad, then Kordofan province in Sudan, reaching Cairo in November 1875; served as German consul at Tunis 1882-1884)
- His Sahara and Sudan, 1987-, c1986- :v. 3, t.p. (Gustav Nachtigal)
- Wikipedia, Feb. 5, 2018(Gustav Nachtigal; military surgeon in Cologne, Germany; contracted a lung disease and relocated to Annaba, Algeria in 1862; as a surgeon, took part in expeditions into Central Africa; learned to speak Arabic in Tunis; he was primarily interested in ethnography as well as tropical medicine)
- al-Ṣaḥrāʼ wa-bilād al-Sūdān, 2007- :v.1, t.p. (Jūstāf Nākhtījāl)
- LC data base, 11-10-86(hdg.: Nachtigal, Gustav, 1834-1885)