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Gustav Nachtigal

1834–1885 · 19th century

Gustav Nachtigal was a German physician and explorer who travelled through the Sahara and the central Sudan between 1869 and 1874, visiting Bornu, Wadai and Bagirmi. In 1884, as imperial commissioner for West Africa, he signed protection treaties that established German rule in Togoland and Kamerun. He died at sea off the West African coast in 1885.

Gustav Nachtigal — Image: Erwin Hanfstaengl · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Kamerun German Togoland

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gustav Nachtigal. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gustav-nachtigal
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