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The German governor of the colony of Togo Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Togo. From left: Count Pfeil-Kreisewitz, First Lieutenant Wendland, ?, Duke Adolf Friedrich, Major Johannes and Rittmeister of Jena / Photographer: Scherl

Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg - Schwerin photograph from 1907. He wears a uniform of the German Schutztruppe. As early as 1905 he undertook a research trip to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a , which was followed by further trips to Central Africa and Cameroon between 1907 and 1911. The Duke became a distinguished explorer and later published travelogues. / Photographer: Scherl