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IN a private letter addressed to Herr von Hesse Wartegg, the well-known explorer, Dr. Nachtigall, writes from Berlin:—“The German African Society (Deutsche Afrikanische Gesellschaft) has at the present moment not less than six different expeditions travelling through Central Africa. The large funds necessary for the outfitting of these numerous travellers are raised partly through private subscription, partly through subsidies of the German Government. Among the travellers I may name (1) Dr. M. Buchner, who, starting from San Paolo de Loanda in an easterly direction, may have already reached the large lakes of the Upper Nile or the Upper Congo; (2) Dr. Oscar Lenz, who is on the way from Marocco to Timbuctoo, whence he will proceed to Senegambia; (3) a large expedition, comprising Dr. Bohm, von Schöler, De Kayser, &c., which will establish a station near the Tanganyika lake, in connection with the stations of the International Association; (4) Gerhard Rohlfs and Dr. Stecker will soon proceed to Abyssinia, and thence the latter through the Gallas country to the sea-coast; (5) Dr. Pogge, together with several other travellers, will shortly start from San Pablo de Loanda for the interior, to establish a German station in the neighbourhood of the Muate Janvo, about in the middle of the Continent; finally (6) Herr Flegel will follow the course of the Binué upwards, and explore the sources of that river.” The German African Society has certainly developed under the presidency of Dr. Nachtigall a very unusual activity, and it is only to be hoped that these great efforts in the interest of the exploration of Africa may have good results.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 22, 280–281 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022280b0
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