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German explorer (1821-1865)
Also known as: Johann Heinrich Barth, Генрих Барт, هاينريش بارت, 하인리히 바르트, ハインリヒ・バルト, 海因里希·巴斯
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- Textes anciens sur le Burkina (1853-1897)
- Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord- und Central-Afrika
- Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa
- Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken .. (1857)
- Collection of vocabularies of Central-African languages