Clemens Andreas Denhardt (1852–1928) and his brother Gustav Denhardt (1856–1917), born in

Zeitz Zeitz ( hsb, Žič) is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river White Elster, in the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. History Zeitz was first recorded u ...

, Province of Saxony, were distinguished

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explorers of

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at the time of the Scramble for Africa. In association with the

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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

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

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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

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society known as the '' Deutsche Witugesellschaft''. In 1890 all rights to this territory were ceded by Germany to

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in exchange for

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, the German government compensating the brothers with an

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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

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under the title, ''Anleitung zu geographischen Arbeiten bei Forschungsreisen''. *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Denhardt, Clemens 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