Research topic: Gustav Nachtigal

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Gustav Nachtigal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gustav Nachtigal , 1834-85, German explorer in Africa. He went (1869) on a mission for the king of Prussia to the sultan of Bornu. He visited the central Sahara region and reached Khartoum in 1874. In 1884 he annexed Togoland and the Cameroons for Germany. Author not available, NACHTIGAL, GUSTAV. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
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...of Togo; Republique du Togo; Togoland Orientation Identification. Togo is named after the town of Togoville, where Gustav Nachtigal signed a treaty with Mlapa III in 1884, establishing a German protectorate. Togo is an Ewe (pronounced Ev'h é... Read more
Togo
...by the British from 1914 until joining Ghana as its Volta Region in 1957.) In 1884 a German specialist on Africa, Gustav Nachtigal, signed a treaty with the chief of a small coastal village, Togoville, which gave the Germans a protectorate over... Read more

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