Paul Reichard
Paul Reichard ( born December 2, 1854 in Neuwied on the Rhine; † buried September 19, 1938 ) was a German explorer of Africa.
Life
Reichard studied in Munich and was a member of the Corps Rheno - Palatia since 1873. After graduation, he was as an industrialist in Kaiserslautern active and closed in 1880 as a (volunteer ) an expedition of the " African society in Germany ", which was equipped and prepared for the establishment of a scientific station in East Africa, including Swahili lessons with the widowed Sultan sister Emily Ruete alias Salme binti Said belonged. Reichard turned themselves for the expedition 50,000 marks from its own resources, as " small fee " on. Leader of this expedition was Captain of Scholer, however soon returned to Europe. The expedition consisted of even a zoologist Richard Böhm and the topographer Eduard Kaiser. In July 1880, the travelers were on their march into the interior of Bagamoyo from. In November, she founded the station Kakoma in Tanzania ( in Unjamwesi ) and stayed there for nine months. Then the station was moved to Igonda. In October 1882, the Emperor died on a research trip to the Lake Rukwa. In December Reichard and Böhm Igonda left and hi4lten half a year on Lake Tanganyika on, partly in Karema, partly in Mpala to explore westbound from Lake Tanganyika regions of the Congo. Then they turned to the southwest, passed in October 1883 Luapula and discovered the Upembasee in Katanga, where again Böhm died of fever in March 1884. After his death Reichard discovered the copper mines of Katanga, at about 11 ° south latitude and between 26 ° and 27 ° east longitude. Among many dangers he fought his way east along the Tanganyika past ( November 1884 ) to the coast of the Indian Ocean and reached back after 5 years and seven months of absence Zanzibar. Both travelers had made in the landscapes through which they came, significant land acquisitions. Therefore Reichard solicited in the spring of 1886 a German protectorate, which was sealed in a deal between Germany and the UK on 1 July 1890. He has authored numerous expedition reports in the "Messages of the African society in Germany ". Reichard lived after his return temporarily in Nice and later in Berlin -Charlottenburg. His final resting place, he found after reburial on the West Stahnsdorf.
Publications
- Report on a trip to Urua and Katanga. In: Globe. Journal of countries and Ethnology, 48 (1885), p.23 - 26th
- The Wanjanuesi, in: Journal of Geography 24 (1889 ), p.246 - 331.
- The African Ivory and its trade. In: German Geographical Sheets 12 (1889 ), S.132f.
- What should be done with the freed slaves. In: German colonial newspaper 6 (1889 ), S.281f.
- Proposals to a practical travel gear for East and Central Africa, Berlin, 1889.
- Dr. Emin Pasha. A champion of culture in the interior of Africa, Leipzig 1891.
- German East Africa. The country and its inhabitants. Its political and economic development, Leipzig 1892: ND Bremen 2010.
- Stanley, Berlin 1897. ( = Spiritual heroes Bd.24 )