BARTH, Heinrich, distinguished geogra pher and African traveler : b. Hamburg, 16 Feb. 1821; d. 25 Nov. 1865. He received his education partly in his native town and partly at the Uni versity of Berlin, and having determined to explore all the countries bordering on the Medi terranean, set out with this intention in the beginning of 1845. After his return in the end. of 1847 he wrote an account of his travels, which he published with the title
travels consist in the light they throw on the trne nature of the Desert of Sahara, in show ing that the eastern upper branch of the Niger, the Benuwe, is not cOnnected with Lake Chad, and in the determination of the course of the Niger between Say and Timbttctoo. The result of these travels, entitled (Travels and Discov eries in North and Central Africa,' was pub lished in English (1857-58). Immediately after its publication he set out upon a new series of travels through Greece, Turlcey, Mia Minor and other countries bordering on the Mediterranean, the last of which occupied the suimner of 1865. Besides the works mentioned, he published (Sammlung und Verarbeitung Central-afrikan ischer Vdkabularien) (1862-66) ; (Reise von Trapezunt durch die nordliche Halfte Klein asiens nach Scutari) (1860) ; (Reise quer durch das Innere der Eirropaisthen Turkel) (1864).