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When did Johannes Rebmann become the first European to see Mount Kilimanjaro?
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The German missionary Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see Kilimanjaro in May 1848.12
While his discovery was initially met with skepticism in Europe, his accountsâalong with those of his associate Johann Ludwig Krapf, who later sighted Mount Kenya in 1849âeventually helped stimulate further scientific exploration of the East African interior.132