Eduard Vogel

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Eduard Vogel (March 7, 1829 - February, 1856) was a German explorer in Central Africa.

Vogel was born at Krefeld. He studied mathematics and astronomy at Leipzig and Berlin, and in 1851 engaged in astronomical work in London. In 1853 he was chosen by the British government to take supplies to Heinrich Barth, then in the western Sudan; and Vogel met Barth at Kuka in Bornu (1854). During 1854 and 1855 he explored the countries round Lake Chad and the upper course of the Benue. On December 1, 1855 he left Kuka for the Nile Valley, and nothing further was heard of him. Several search expeditions were organized to ascertain his fate and to recover his papers; it was not until 1873 that Gustav Nachtigal on reaching Wadai learnt that Vogel had been murdered in that country in February 1856.

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.