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Alexander Keith Johnston (184428 June 1879 in
Mike Shand
(University of Glasgow) to find th
grave of Keith Johnston
at Behobeho between 2001 and 2004. The grave searches have been documented in a chapter of the book
edited by Rolf Baldus and published by Rowland Ward in 2009. He is memorialised on his father's grave in
''Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844–79)''
(Caithness, Scotland: Whittles Publishers, 2004)
*To the Central African Lakes and Back by
Search for the Grave of Keith Johnston
Keith Johnston (cartographer) 1844 births 1879 deaths 19th-century explorers 19th-century Scottish people British explorers of Africa Scottish explorers Scottish geographers {{geoscience-bio-stub
Alexander Keith Johnston (184428 June 1879 in Tanzania
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) was a Scottish explorer
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, cartographer
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and geographer
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.
He was the son of published geographer
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Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871) and Mary Grey.
From 1873 to 1875 he was geographer to a commission for the survey of Paraguay
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. He led a Royal Geographical Society
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expedition to Lake Nyasa
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
It is the fifth largest fre ...
and Lake Tanganyika
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. After only six weeks of the expedition Johnston died from malaria and dysentery
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in the village of Beho Beho in what is now the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania . He was accompanied by fellow Scot Joseph Thomson (explorer)
Joseph Thomson (14 February 1858 – 2 August 1895) was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, Nyahururu are named after him. Excelling as an explorer ra ...
who successfully completed the expedition.
Several expeditions were conducted by Mike Shand
(University of Glasgow) to find th
grave of Keith Johnston
at Behobeho between 2001 and 2004. The grave searches have been documented in a chapter of the book
edited by Rolf Baldus and published by Rowland Ward in 2009. He is memorialised on his father's grave in
Grange Cemetery
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in Edinburgh
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.
References
* James McCarthy''Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844–79)''
(Caithness, Scotland: Whittles Publishers, 2004)
*To the Central African Lakes and Back by
Joseph Thomson (explorer)
Joseph Thomson (14 February 1858 – 2 August 1895) was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, Nyahururu are named after him. Excelling as an explorer ra ...
(2 vols., 1881)Search for the Grave of Keith Johnston
Keith Johnston (cartographer) 1844 births 1879 deaths 19th-century explorers 19th-century Scottish people British explorers of Africa Scottish explorers Scottish geographers {{geoscience-bio-stub