See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• EDWARD ROBERT FLEGEL (1855-1886)

FLEGEL (1855-1886)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German traveller in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 1st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 185.5 at Wilna, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . After receiving a commercial See also:

• EDUCATION

education he obtained in 1875 a position in See also:

• LAGOS

Lagos, West Africa., In 1879 he ascended the See also:

• BENUE

Benue See also:

• RIVER

river some 125 M. above. the farthest point hitherto` reached . His careful survey of the channel secured him a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission from the German See also:

• AFRICAN

African Society to explore the whole Benue See also:

• DISTRICT

district . In 188o he went up the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger to Goniba, and then visited See also:

• SOKOTO

Sokoto, where he obtained a safe-conduct from the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan for his intended expedition to See also:

• ADAMAWA

Adamawa . This expedition was undertaken in 1882, and on the rah of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August in that See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

• FLEGEL, EDWARD ROBERT (1855-1886)

Flegel discovered the source of the Benue at Ngaundere . In 1883-1884 he made another See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey 'up the Benue, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing for the second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the Benue-See also:

• CONGO

Congo See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe Flegel returned' to Africa in See also:

• APRIL

April 1885 with a commission from the German African See also:

• COMPANY

Company and the Colonial Society to open up the Niger-Benue district to German See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . This expedition had the support of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck, whp endeavoured, unsuccessfully, to obtain for See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany this region, already secured as a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence by the See also:

• NATIONAL

National African Company (the Royal Niger Company) . Flegel, despite a severe illness, ascended the Benue to See also:

• YOLA

Yola, but was unable to accomplish his See also:

• MISSION

mission . He returned to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and died at See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

Brass, at the mouth of the Niger, on the 11th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1886 . (See further See also:

• GOLDIE, SIR GEORGE DASHWOOD TAUBMAN (1846– )

GOLDIE, See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE.) Flegel wrote Lose Blatter aus dem Tagebuche ruiner Haussaaf reunde (See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, 1885), and Vom Niger-Benue . Briefe aus Afrika (edited by K .

Flegel, See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1890) .