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Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers

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Otto E. Ehlers, from Jahrbuch der Berliner Morgenzeitung, Kalender 1897

Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers (31 January 1855 – 3 October 1895) was a German traveller who is known for his account of a long trip through inland Southeast Asia, documented in his 1894 book Im Sattel durch Indochina, and republished in 2002 by White Lotus Press of Thailand in English as a three-part series entitled On Horseback Through Indochina.[1]

Biography[edit]

He was born on 31 January 1855 in Hamburg. He died on 3 October 1895 in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, part of German New Guinea while attempting to cross the island of New Guinea from north to south.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ehlers, Otto E. (2002). On Horseback through Indochina - Volume 2: Burma, North Thailand, the Shan States and Yunnan. White Lotus Press. ISBN 974-7534-74-6.
  2. ^ "THE GERMAN WARSHIP FALKE". The Daily Telegraph. No. 5186. New South Wales, Australia. 3 February 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.