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Georg August Schweinfurth
1836–1925
A botanist and ethnologist with a taste for difficult journeys, this 19th-century explorer is best remembered for traveling deep into East Central Africa and writing vividly about the people, plants, and places he encountered. His work helped widen European knowledge of the region at a time when much of it was still poorly documented in the West.
3 Audiobooks
The heart of Africa, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Georg August Schweinfurth
Arabische Pflanzennamen aus Aegypten, Algerien und Jemen
by Georg August Schweinfurth
The heart of Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Georg August Schweinfurth
About the author
Born on December 29, 1836, Georg August Schweinfurth was a Baltic German botanist, ethnologist, and explorer. He studied the natural world closely, but he is best known for his expeditions in East Central Africa, where he gathered plant specimens and recorded observations about local societies as well as geography.
His travels made him an important figure in 19th-century exploration literature. Schweinfurth combined scientific collecting with detailed travel writing, and his accounts introduced many readers in Europe to regions and communities they knew little about.
He lived a long life that stretched into the early 20th century, dying on September 19, 1925. Today he is remembered mainly for the way he brought together botany, ethnography, and exploration in a single body of work.