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Born	April 14, 1831 • Germany
Died	June 2, 1896 (aged 65) • Germany

Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

German explorer and naturalist

Ludwig Leichhardt.

Ludwig Leichhardt

German explorer

Mehmed Emin Pasha (left) and Sir Henry Morton Stanley meeting near Lake Albert in east-central Africa, April 29, 1888.

Mehmed Emin Pasha

German explorer

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Leopold, Baron von Buch

German geologist

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Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

German biologist

Heinrich Barth

Heinrich Barth

German geographer and explorer

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Maximilian, prince zu Wied-Neuwied

German naturalist and explorer

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Karl Weyprecht

polar explorer

Georg August Schweinfurth, detail from an engraving by A. Weger, after a photograph.

Georg August Schweinfurth

German botanist

Carl Peters, oil painting by Herbert Sidney, 1912

Carl Peters

German explorer

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Friederich Konrad Hornemann

German explorer

Drygalski

Erich Dagobert von Drygalski

German geographer

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Karl Mauch

German explorer

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Carsten Niebuhr

German explorer

Nachtigal, detail from an engraving by V. Froer

Gustav Nachtigal

German explorer

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Adolf Overweg

German astronomer, geologist, and traveler

Flegel, engraving

Eduard Robert Flegel

German explorer

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Eduard Rüppell

German explorer

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Hermann von Wissmann

German explorer

Schomburgk, engraving

Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk

British explorer

Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.

Exploration and Discovery