ROBERT VON SCHLAGINTWEIT (1833-85) deutscher Afrikaforscher, Reisender und Entdecker / German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about travels in America. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to study the Earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. They were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun Mountains and the first to explore the region between Karakoram and Kunlun.
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