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Eduard Robert Flegel

German explorer
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Oct. 13, 1855, Vilna, Lithuania, Russian Empire
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Sept. 11, 1886, Brass, Nigeria (aged 30)
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Eduard Robert Flegel (born Oct. 13, 1855, Vilna, Lithuania, Russian Empire—died Sept. 11, 1886, Brass, Nigeria) was a German explorer in Africa who was the first European to reach the source of the Benue River. In 1879 Flegel travelled about 525 miles (845 kilometres) up the Benue River and in 1880 went by way of the Niger to Sokoto, in northwestern Nigeria, where he obtained permission from the Sultan for an expedition to the Adamawa Plateau. In the course of exploring the Benue Basin (1882–84), he reached the Benue’s source, near Ngaoundéré, now in Cameroon. After a short stay in ...(100 of 159 words)

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