january october german missionary explorer credited feats including european colleague enter africa indian_ocean coast addition european find news discovery published church missionary disregarded mere fantasy years held snow possibly occur let persist latitudes considered report malaria stricken missionary researchers began efforts measure expeditions led german baron der confirmed report colleague discovered kenya work thought effects future african expeditions europeans including exploits sir losing entering brief marriage died pneumonia early life born farmer january village lived small inhabitants early age preacher gospel later young man chose devote missionary trained attended following year ordained priest member fellow missionary traveled ship called arrow worked kenya locations work hard trouble convincing tribal chiefs let speak people noted called surge islam going africa wanted sort christian standing religious influence people continent radius missionaries work expanded plans christian missionary outposts area began develop time africa kept diary end life diary writes way trust christianity kept stable continent africa europeans ventured extract diary turn took bible reflects belief faith restore joy salvation grant willing spirit sustain kenya european following year saw kenya colleague october men set mountain came local leader named expedition designed goal establishing mission posts region journey successful group missionaries returned october journey stay region learned great mountain referred reached clouds capped silver men like europeans time impression snow ice exist close equator failed realize significance mountain topped silver missionaries explorers missionaries interested sought permission governor expedition land people known lived live actual slopes told governor journey work based despite actually accompany journey left april weeks guide sight mountain noted journal strange white summit questioned guide thought according log guide know supposed realised located region thought impossible bear snow guide referred fact capped observations published findings truly accepted scientific community time november recorded entry log mountain morning mountains distinctly clock saw white cloud guide called white saw merely cold perfectly clear snow kenya discovered year december finding mountain met disbelief europe effect discoveries trigger investigation areas africa growth scientific fields knowledge regions people history geography african continent work africa stayed africa thirty consecutive years kept policy order truly affect african people complete task missionary patience needed appears policy driving force years work continent visiting visited areas africa including african great lakes married fellow missionary née spent years missionary work africa death child died days birth time africa expeditions great lakes learned speak native languages wrote dictionary language completing dictionary started colleague language dictionary lost material incorporated dictionary language translated gospel luke map time africa worked way interior continent traveled areas regions including known finding especially large lake depicted map known map known layout water body suggested shape similar basis map prepared missionary reports companions verbal information acquired local people struck fact travelers gone inland different points coast come inland sea november talking problem moment problem solved simple geographical hypothesis hitherto supposed enormous mountain land look enormous valley inland sea map drew lakes victoria shown large shaped lake map subtle interesting things discovered including northeast section reference stream flowing known missionaries note present describing waters stream sweet stained teeth yellow note probably known text referring drinking water found primarily high content causes yellow brown stain removed things piece writing map bought provides evidence trade originating lake obviously known active time regions africa map depicts repatriated poor health took map published based map published care london map described society sketch map probably position extent sea continuation lake exhibiting numerous tribes situated east west great inland sea routes leading interior general true accordance information received natives representatives inland tribes inland traders church miss society east africa march later life death having lost unknown reasons went europe september returned germany time years persuaded fellow missionary working area proceeded residence near close old friend spring advice married widow missionary india née marriage long october died pneumonia engraved cemetery words saved jesus arms legacy left preserved religious society devoted memory work africa missionary explorer allowed europeans follow footsteps
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