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Gustav Nachtigal
* 1834 in Eichstedt/Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
+ 1885 off Cape Palmas/West Africa
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Gustav Nachtigal was a German explorer of Central and West Africa.
He is further known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa.
His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire.
2021 J. Giesen