Hans Schomburgk

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☨ Hans Schomburgk
Profession	wildlife animal capturer
Personal details
Born	1880-10-28 in Germany
Dead	1967-07-27 in Germany
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner -
Location	at Hans Schomburgk expedition in Tanzania

Biography details

Hans Schomburgk , wildlife animal capturer in Germany

Born 1880-10-28 in Germany dead 1967-07-27 in Germany .

Hans Schomburgk, (October 28, 1880 in Hamburg – July 27, 1967 in Berlin) was a German adventurer, filmmaker and until 1912 a big-game hunter.

Schomburgk participated in a number of expeditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to being a big-game hunter, he also procured African animals for European zoos, including such curiosities as the pygmy hippopotamus. Schomburgk is credited as being the first European to visit the Schikande River and Lake Sengwe of southern Angola. Also, he took part in the manufacture of the first map of western Liberia.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal capturer Hans Schomburgk in Tanzania. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3425. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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