Robert Hermann Schomburgk
German explorer
Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for the United Kingdom in the... Wikipedia
Born: June 5, 1804, Germany
Died: March 11, 1865 (age 60 years), Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
Books: Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana: From Drawings Executed by Mr. Charles Bentley, After Sketches Taken During the Expedition Carried on in the Years 1835 to 1839, Under the Direction of the Royal Geographical Society of London, and Aided by Her..., Fishes of Guiana, Fishes of British Guiana, and more
Siblings: Moritz Richard Schomburgk
Artworks: Roraima, Map of Guayana, and Esmeralda on the Orinoco