Hans Tappenbeck

Hans Tappen Beck ( born January 14, 1861 in Wolsier, Westhavelland; † July 26, 1889 in Douala ) was a German officer and explorer.

Life

Pat Beck was born the son of a tenant domain and upper bailiff. He attended the Louis Municipal Gymnasium in Berlin and the cadet school in Kulm and resigned as chief petty ensign in the 4th Westphalian Infantry Regiment a No. 17. In 1880 he received his commission.

Between 1884 and 1886 Tappenbeck was to research trips in the Congo region. In 1887 he was commissioned jointly with Richard Kund with the exploration of the hinterland of Cameroon. His first foray in November 1887 Bipindi for Nyong and up on the Sanaga. Military importance was especially the violent storming of Vute - suburban center Wataré.

In a second expedition he founded the station Yaounde, from which emerged the current capital of Cameroon, Yaounde, together with Kund in the field of Ewondo. It was used primarily for scientific research, exploring the flora and fauna in the sense of economic exploitation, and as a basis for further exploration of geographical features. So Tappenbeck came from here was the first European to the residence of the Ngrang Gomtsé in ndumba, who was then the most influential rule of Bute. With the establishment of Yaoundé, he - contrary to the instructions he had received from the Foreign Office - significantly more than planned vorschob to Central Cameroon, he prepared a certain extent before the effective occupation of the hinterland.

On the march to the coast Tappenbeck died of malaria.