Dragutin Lerman

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Dragutin Lerman

Dragutin Lerman (born August 24, 1863 in Požega , Slavonia , † July 12, 1918 in Kreševo in what is now the canton of Central Bosnia ) was a Croatian explorer and author.

Lerman joined Henry Morton Stanley in 1882 , who signed contracts with tribal chiefs in the Congo area on behalf of Leopold II to enable his dream of the Congo Free State .

After Lerman had won the trust of Leopold II, Lerman also equipped his own expeditions; In total, he traveled to the Congo four times over a longer period (1882–1885, 1888–1890, 1892–1894 and 1896). He discovered waterfalls at Kwil , which he named in honor of the Croatian noble family Zrinski .

Lerman's diaries ( Dnevnik iz Afrike ; German: “Diary from Africa”, 1891 and Novi dnevnik iz Afrike ; German: “New Diary from Africa”) inspired the brothers Mirko and Stjepan Seljan to travel to Africa and South America. A large part of the artifacts that Lerman had collected on his travels, namely 493, are now in the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb , his original diaries are in the possession of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts .

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SURNAME Lerman, Dragutin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian explorer of Africa
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Požega (Croatia)
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1918
Place of death Kreševo