Hans Schomburgk
Extent and Medium
[2] pages
Envelope 21/5 ; microfilm reel 098; Frames 53-56
Scope and Content
Hans Schomburgk was born on October 28, 1880 in Hamburg. He was a German adventurer, filmmaker and until 1912 a big-game hunter.He participated in a number of expeditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Also, Schomburgk is credited as being the first European to visit the Schikande River and Lake Sengwe of southern Angola, and he took part in the manufacture of the first map of western Liberia. He died on July 27, 1967 in Berlin. --Wikipedia (viewed 24.1.2017)
Newspaper clipping and Biography
Note(s)
Detailed dates of material:1956, 1957
People
- Schomburgk, Hans, 1880-1967
Subjects
- Ethnology--German East Africa
Places
- Africa, Southern--Description and travel
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