Wilhelm Junker

Wilhelm Junker (Russian:. .. . Василий Васильевич Юнкер; * 25 Märzjul / April 6 1840greg in Moscow, † 1 Februarjul / February 13 1892greg in Saint Petersburg ) was a German - Russian explorer of Africa.

Life

Junker was born to German parents in Moscow. The family moved in 1844 to St. Petersburg, in 1844 to Göttingen. 1847 his father died; with his mother and his siblings returned Wilhelm Junker 1855 back to St. Petersburg. He studied at Dorpat, Göttingen, Berlin and Prague, medicine and visited Iceland in 1869.

Between 1873 and 1874 traveled Junker North Africa and went to 1876 by Suakin to Kassala and Khartoum. In September of the same year he sailed the lower Sobat. He then went by Lado in a westerly direction until after Makaraka, 1877 over the River Tondj to Wau in 1878 and returned to Europe.

In 1879 he undertook another trip to Africa and explored the territory of the Niam - Niam (sands ) and the Monbuttu. His companion Frederick Bohndorff had to return from illness in 1882. He succeeded abzufahren with the last steamer, before the troops of the Mahdi were approaching to start their revolt against the Khedive of Egypt. Junker pursued his research on their own.

He explored the Uele River to the island Mutenu ( February 1883 ) and then again oriented to the east. In Lado on the White Nile, he went to Emin Pasha, where later the Captain Casati attend an. From that time on any traffic was cut down the Nile to Europe because of the Mahdi uprising. Trying Gustav Adolf Fischer to bring an expedition of Zanzibar from the explorer and to help open the doors to the east coast, was a total failure.

Junker broke on January 2, 1886 by Wadelai, reaching on your own on December 4, Zanzibar, from where he returned to Europe. Besides his diary he had been able to save anything, his collections were all lost.

Wilhelm Junker died on 13 February 1892 in Saint Petersburg.

Works

  • Dr. Wilhelm Junkers travel in Africa, 1875-1886. According to his diaries, edited and published by the traveler. Three volumes. Hölzel, Vienna 1889-1891. -, Richard Buchta ( Mitarb. ): 1875-1878. ( Volume 1). Hölzel, Vienna 1889 -. Fulltext online.
  • -, AH Keane ( translator's ): Travels in Africa falling on the Years 1879-1883. ( Volume 2, English). Chapman & Hall, London 1891 -. Fulltext online.
  • -, AH Keane ( translator's ): Travels in Africa falling on the Years 1882-1886. ( Volume 3, English). Chapman & Hall, London 1892 -. Fulltext online.
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