Teleki, Sámuel, Gróf

Teleki, Sámuel, Gróf

▪ Hungarian explorer
born Nov. 1, 1845, Saromberke, Transylvania [now Dumbrǎvioara, Rom.]
died March 10, 1916, Budapest, Hung., Austria-Hungary

      Hungarian explorer who discovered and named Lake Rudolf (now also called Lake Turkana) and Lake Stefanie (now Chew Bahir), in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. He also added significantly to the knowledge of the previously unexplored highlands of East Africa.

      Teleki set out from Pangani (now in Tanzania) in February 1887 in the company of an Austrian naval officer, Ludwig von Höhnel, and they traversed all of what is now Kenya to the southern end of Ethiopia. They climbed Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya in March 1887 and then followed the interior river system to Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, which they reached in March 1888. During the return to the East African coast, which they reached at Mombasa in October 1888, Teleki discovered an active volcano (in southern Kenya) subsequently named for him.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sámuel Teleki — Dans ce nom hongrois, le nom de famille, Teleki, précède le prénom mais cet article utilise l ordre occidental où le prénom précède le nom.. Sámuel Teleki Sámuel Teleki Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kenya, Mount — Swahili Kirinyaga Extinct volcano, central Kenya. Lying just south of the Equator and rising to 17,058 ft (5,199 m), it is the highest mountain in Kenya. The first European to discover the mountain was Johann Ludwig Krapf in 1849. Mount Kenya… …   Universalium

  • East African lakes — ▪ lake system, East Africa Introduction  group of lakes in East Africa (eastern Africa). The majority of the East African lakes lie within the East African Rift System, which forms a part of a series of gigantic fissures in the Earth s crust… …   Universalium

  • Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… …   Universalium

  • Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary — The Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, Grand Cross …   Wikipedia

  • István Csáky — István Csáky, ungarisch Gróf Csáky István, deutsch Graf Stefan von Csáky, englisch „Count Stephan Csáky“ (* 14. Juli 1894 in Segesvár; † 27. Januar 1941 in Budapest) war ein ungarischer Politiker, der von 1938 bis zu seinem Tod… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nobility and royalty of the Kingdom of Hungary — This article deals with titles of the nobility and royalty of the Kingdom of Hungary. Contents 1 Earlier usage (until 1526) 2 Habsburg period (after 1526) 3 Some titles …   Wikipedia

  • ВЕНГРИЯ — (Magyarország), Венгерская Народная Республика (Magyar Népköztársaság), гос во в Центр. Европе, в середине Дунайского басс. Граничит с Чехословакией (на С.), Австрией (на З.), Югославией (на Ю.), Румынией (на В.) и СССР (на С. В.). Площ. 93 тыс.… …   Советская историческая энциклопедия

  • Kata Bethlen — Dans ce nom hongrois, le nom de famille, Bethlen, précède le prénom mais cet article utilise l ordre occidental où le prénom précède le nom.. Kata Bethlen Naissance 30 novembre 1700 Bonyha (Bahnea) …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”