Lake Chad expedition

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:documentedIn Heinrich Barth's travel journals
gptkbp:endDate 1855
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lake Chad expedition
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lake_Chad
gptkbp:notableEvent Heinrich Barth reached Timbuktu
death of Adolf Overweg in 1852
death of James Richardson in 1851
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Adolf_Overweg
gptkb:James_Richardson
gptkb:Heinrich_Barth
gptkbp:objective study geography and cultures of Central Africa
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:region gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkbp:result significant contributions to European knowledge of Central Africa
gptkbp:route Tripoli to Lake Chad
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:startYear 1850
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dixon_Denham
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6