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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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Publisher: London : Duckworth
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Adolf Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg. PREFACE By Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg The Central African Expedition of 1907 to 1908, whenI travelled with a staff of scientific specialists throughthe unexplored country between Lake Victoria andLake Kiwu, had valuable scientific results. Our ex-periences in the tropical forests on the banks of theAruwimi and Congo Rivers impressed upon us thelamentable deficiency at the present day of botanicaland zoological knowledge concerning the interiorof Africa. In order to supplement this knowledge,by providing a picture of the aborigines, as well ofthe flora and fauna of the country north of theseforests, for comparison with known facts in otherparts, it seemed to us, after consulting many dis-tinguished scientists, that a second expedition waseminently desirable. The Zoological Institute of Berlin and the Bota-nical Museum of Dahlem-Berlin kindly permittedtwo of my former scientific colleagues, Dr Schubotzand Dr Mildbraed, to participate in th

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