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Clemens Andreas Denhardt (1852–1928) and his brother
Gustav Denhardt (1856–1917), born in
Zeitz
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History
Zeitz was first recorded u ...
,
Province of Saxony, were distinguished
German
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explorers of
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at the time of the
Scramble for Africa. In association with the
physician
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G. A. Fischer they undertook in 1878 a tour through the
Tana River region,
East Africa, which they endeavored to secure to
German
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commerce. Six years later they entered upon a second
expedition, extending from the island
Lamu to
Vitu (March, 1885), where the
Sultan of the
Swahili requested the establishment of a friendly
treaty
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with
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based upon
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made by him 18 years previously. Part of the territory acquired by Clemens Denhardt was afterward transferred by him to the German
colonial
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society known as the ''
Deutsche Witugesellschaft''. In 1890 all rights to this territory were ceded by Germany to
England
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in exchange for
Helgoland
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, the German government compensating the brothers with an
indemnity
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of 150,000
Goldmark. An important work by Clemens Denhardt was published in 1883 in the ''
Mitteilungen des Vereins für Erdkunde'' at
Leipzig
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under the title, ''Anleitung zu geographischen Arbeiten bei Forschungsreisen''.
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1852 births
1928 deaths
People from Zeitz
People from the Province of Saxony
Explorers of Africa
Colonial people of German East Africa
German explorers
German non-fiction writers
German male non-fiction writers