Schlagintweit Sakunlunski

Schlagintweit-Sakunlunski, HERMANN VON, was born in 1826, and, having a passion for trave1, explored the Alps in conjunction with his two brothers ADOLF and ROBERT, between 1850 and 1853, and published reports which attracted scientific attention. In 1854 the three were commissioned by the East India Company to undertake a series of investigations in the East. Hermann and Robert crossed the Kuenlun range, but Adolf, going into Central Asia, was killed by the Emir of Kashgar. Retuming to Europe, the survivors published a record of their journeys. Hermann died at Munich in 1882.