Nachtigal
GUSTAV (näh'te-gäl), a German traveler; born in Eichstedt, Germany, Feb. 23, 1834. He studied medicine and served as army surgeon till 1863. A long and successful journey, in the course of which he visited, the first of Europeans, the native states of Tibesti, Borku, and Wadai, put him in the forefront of modern travelers. His vast collection of most valuable information was written down in the three volumes of "Sahara and Sudan" (1879-1889). In 1884 Nachtigal was commissioned to annex for Germany Togoland, Kamerun, and Lüderitzland (Angra-Pequena) on the W. coast of Africa. He died on the return journey off Cape Palmas, April 19, 1885.