Ignaz Pallme
Ignaz Samuel Pallme (born February 1, 1806 in Steinschönau , † June 11, 1877 in Hainburg an der Donau ) was an Austrian traveling salesman and Africa explorer . He became known through research on Kordofans .
In 1837 he undertook a trip to Cairo in the hope of opening up new trade routes to Central Africa , which eventually led him to Sudan . He stayed two years, longer than any other researcher before him, and studied the local customs and traditions of the (then) Egyptian province of Kordofan. He also dealt with the history of the region and denounced the slave trade operated by Muhammad Ali Pasha . Pallme also visited places that were still unknown at that time and thus completed the map of Sudan. His book Description of Kordofan and some neighboring countries (Stuttgart 1843) is considered an authentic, contemporary description of Kordofan.
Publications
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Description of Kordofan and some neighboring countries (= travel and country descriptions, vol. 24). Cotta, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1843.
- New edition description of Kordofan and some neighboring countries (= collection of travel descriptions to Africa by Austrian explorers, Vol. 3). Kainbacher, Baden near Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-9501302-2-5 .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Palme, also Pallme, Ignaz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 245 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Armand Duchâteau: Palm (Pallme) Ignaz Samuel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 306.
- Armand Duchâteau: Palme, Ignaz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 22 ( digitized version ).
- Walter Sauer (Ed.): Kuk kolonial: Habsburg Monarchy and European rule in Africa . Vienna 2002
- Paul Kainbacher , Alexander Brandt: Austrian researchers and travelers in Africa before 1945. A biography and bibliography from A-Z . 2nd edition, Kainbacher, Baden 2010, ISBN 3-9501302-7-6 , p. 134 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ignaz Pallme in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pallme, Ignaz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pallme, Ignaz Samuel (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian traveling salesman and Africa researcher |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1806 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinschönau |
DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1877 |
Place of death | Hainburg on the Danube |