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German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa (1834–1885)

Also known as: Gustav Nachtigal, G. H. Nachtigal, G. H. Nachtigall, G. Nachtigal, G. Nachtigall, Gustav H. Nachtigal

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