Peters
CARL, a German traveler and administrator. He was born at Newhaus, Hanover, in 1856, and studied at several German universities, and in London. He then traveled through parts of Africa, suitable for German colonization, becoming head of several German colonizing organizations, passing between Germany and Africa. In 1888 he led an expedition to Victoria Nyanza, and went to the aid of Stanley and Emir Pacha. In 1891 he acted as Reichscommissär in East Africa, and later formed companies for gold prospecting in Rhodesia, returning to Berlin in 1914. His works include: "Die Deutsche Emir Pascha Expedition"; "Das Goldene Ophir Salomos"; "Im Goldlande des Alter tums"; "England und die Engländer"; "Die Gründung von Deutsch-Ostafrika"; "Zur Weltpolitik."