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Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk: Quick Facts

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Born June 5, 1804 • Germany
Died March 11, 1865 (aged 60) • Germany

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