Northwest afrika. G.Nahtigal

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Other two large researchers of Africa have added and have expanded work SHvejnfurta in various directions. G.Nahtigal was the first of them. In February, 1869 Nahtigal has acted from Tripoli in Murzuk, whence it has reached area Tibesti. In 1870 it has crossed again Sahara and new has by reached to Cooks. There it has started the big researches, has visited we Will sink to the north from lake Chad, Bagirmi-to the southeast and only in March, 1873 has gone to a way back. However instead of returning the same by, that is through desert, he has preferred to undertake the permission of the problem which have appeared not under force Fogelju and its continuers, and has gone through Vadai and Darfur on Kordofan, and therefrom to Cairo (where has arrived in November, 1874). Results of travel Nahtigal has published in work ' Sahara and Sudan ' which third volume left already after death of the author.

Nahtigal has much more enriched geography. It was the first European, pronikshim in east Sahara to Tibesti; the first has connected area of researches where Bart worked, with area of Nile. Further, thanks to the long stay in lake Chad area, it could put forward some new guesses concerning the open river Uelle Shvejnfurtom. In its opinion, the river Shari had the limited extent, Uelle there was the same river, as Benue.