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Junker, Wilhelm

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Junker, Wilhelm (1840–1892)

German explorer. In 1874 he visited Tunis and Egypt, and explored the upper Nile where he identified the Nile–Congo/Zaire watershed. In 1883 he was prevented from returning to Europe by the Mahdist rising, but succeeded in reaching Zanzibar in 1886. His Reisen in Afrika/ Travels in Africa (3 volumes; 1889–91), contains an account of his travels.

He was born in Moscow and studied medicine in Göttingen, Berlin, and Prague before setting out on his career of African exploration.



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