Heinrich Barth - Part 1 - Africa Calls

The Explorers Podcast by Matt Breen

Apr 28, 202635:17Society & Culture

In part one of our series, German explorer Heinrich Barth cuts his teeth learning from some of the great scientists of the age - including the famed Alexander von Humboldt. He survives (barely) an attack by bandits in No...

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