Oscar Baumann
Oscar Baumann (25 June 1864 in
ethnographer
.
He attended classes on
University of Leipzig (1888).[1]
Baumann is best known for his exploration of the interior of
Abushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi were the two men released.[3]
Baumann's most celebrated mission was the 200-member "
As a result of the journey, he produced a book titled "Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle" (By Massailand to the Source of Nile, 1894) .In 1896, Baumann was appointed consul to Zanzibar by the Austro-Hungarian government. However, he died a few years later of an infectious disease at the age of 35.[1] In 1902 the thoroughfare Baumannstraße, in the district of Landstraße (Vienna), was named in his honour.[9] The highest point of the German protectorate Togoland was called the Baumannspitze (present-day Mount Agou in Togo).[10]
Written works by Oscar Baumann
- Beiträge zur Ethnologie des Congo, 1887.
- Versuch einer Monographie von Fernando Póo, 1888 (dissertation).[11]
- Fernando Po and the Bube. Vienna (1888).
- In Deutsch-Ostafrika während des Aufstandes (In German East Africa during the Rebellion), Vienna (1890) (online here).
- * Usambara und seine Nachbargebiete. Allgemeine Darstellung des nordöstlichen Deutsch - Ostafrika und seiner Bewohner, Berlin 1891 (Usambara and its adjacent territories. General description of the North Eastern German East Africa and its inhabitants) online here.
- Karte des nordöstlichen Deutsch-Ostafrika (Map of northeastern German East Africa), Berlin (1893).
- Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle (By Massailand to the Source of the Nile), Berlin (1894).
- "Die kartographischen Ergebnisse der Massai-Expedition" (The cartographic results of the Massai expedition), in: Petermann's Geographische Mitteilungen, Ergebnisheft 111, Gotha (1894).
- The Sansibar archipelago. 3 booklets. Leipzig (1896–99).
- Afrikanische Skizzen (African sketches), Berlin (1900).[12]
References
- ^ a b c de.Wikisource at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Fremantle to Admiralty, 23 October 1888, FO 403/107, TNA
- ^ [1] Across East African Glaciers By Hans Meyer, E.H.S. Calder
- ^ The Nile quest: a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
- ^ Google Books Scottish Geographical Magazine, Volume 8
- ^ Tanzania by Philip Briggs
- ^ Google Books The Liberal and the New Dispensation, Volume 12
- ^ Google Books Scientific American
- ^ Wien Geschichte Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine Baumannstraße
- ^ Mount Agou | mountain, Togo Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ^ OCLC WorldCat List of published works
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library published works
External links
- Maps and Expedition Information on German East Africa Dr. Oscar Baumann
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