Panagiotes Potagos
Panagiotes Potagos (* 1838 in Greece ; † 1903 ) was an explorer .
Panagiotes Potagos completed his training as a doctor, but since 1867 has devoted himself almost continuously to exploring foreign countries. He moved through Persia via Herat to Kabul , where he stayed for a longer period, then through Badachschan , over the Pamir plateau and through Xinjiang to Uliassutai and over Gulja and through Siberia back to Europe. A second trip took him through India and Persia back to Kabul, whereupon he turned to Egypt in 1876 and via Chartum to the upper Nile and the Uelle river basin , which he crossed far to the south.
Web links
- Potagos . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 13, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 286.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potagos, Panagiotes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ποταγός, Παναγιώτης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek traveler to Africa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greece |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1903 |