author
Max Prager
1854–1910
A sea captain and travel writer, he turned firsthand voyages into vivid books about the South Pacific and German East Africa. His work offers readers a close-up view of maritime travel, exploration, and the colonial world of the late 19th century.
2 Audiobooks
Reisen durch die Inselwelt der Südsee
by Max Prager
Die deutsche Dampfer-Expedition zum Nyassa-See.
by Max Prager
About the author
Born in Stettin in 1854 and dead in Wandsbek in 1910, he was a German seaman and captain whose career at sea shaped everything he wrote.
Library and biographical records identify him as a captain who took part in the Wissmann expedition in German East Africa aboard the steamer München. He later worked as an assistant at the Deutsche Seewarte, linking practical seafaring experience with observation and reporting.
He is best remembered for travel books such as Reisen durch die Inselwelt der Südsee and Die deutsche Dampfer-Expedition zum Nyassa-See. These works mix adventure, description, and eyewitness detail, making them interesting today both as travel narratives and as historical documents from Germany's age of overseas expansion.