1850, the British government decided to set up an African expedition and appointed James Richardson as the captain of the expedition. In order to avoid the romantic way of adventure travel in the past, Richardson decided to select a wide range of knowledgeable players to make adventure international and academic. Therefore, it was recognized as a nearly perfect team at that time, that is, besides Captain Richardson, Captain Heinrich Bart and Captain Dolf Owey, there were also guides and servants. Among them, Bart studied archaeology, history, geography and French at the University of Berlin, and Arabic in Britain, and has rich experience in exploring North Africa. This German is well trained. Orwell, a young German, is already a famous geologist with rich geological knowledge. Richardson is familiar with desert knowledge.
The expedition set out from Tripoli. Unfortunately, shortly after it left, the nationalities of its members were obviously divided, especially between Bart and Richardson. Walking in the hot desert, there is no boundary between the front and the back, and camping by bonfire at night. The atmosphere that was not quite right did not affect their arrival in Mursuke in May of that year. Most expeditions to the Sahara are here to replenish supplies, and they are no exception. At this time, Bart had a temporary idea to climb the touring mountain. Legend has it that this mountain is inhabited by a man-eating demon and is an insurmountable magic mountain. Bart completely ignored these, went alone and succeeded, and found several rough murals on the cliff at the top of the mountain. This shows that humans once lived here a long time ago. At this time, the excited Bart was tired and hungry and lost his way on his way back. Fortunately, the passing Gudoyale saved him and sent him back to the camp, and he recovered under the care of his companions. Later, they found thousands of Neolithic murals on the way.
The expedition must not only overcome the difficulties of climbing steep rock walls and trekking, but also guard against possible attacks by indigenous people. Once, they met a group of hostile aborigines and asked them to give up their belief in Christianity or kill them all. But when they gave them exquisite jewels and gold and silver utensils, the greedy locals made out excitedly and left.
Soon, the expedition arrived in Agadez in the south. Here, three people split up and met in Gukava, but the date failed. Because the captain died of a fever on the way to Lake Chad. The British government appointed Bart as the new captain and gave them a travel fee to continue their exploration in Timbuktu. But just before he left, Orwell, 29, died of malaria. In this way, the so-called perfect adventure in the world only brought Bart, which was a heavy blow to him. Although he was infected with fever and typhus several times, he survived. He survived, became more and more confident and embarked on the road of exploration.
On an unusually hot afternoon, Bart, who was hungry and thirsty, cherished the water in the pot, nourishing the cracked double humiliation, but he was reluctant to drink any more because there was not much water in the pot. He searched as much as possible, hoping to find water around here. Suddenly, he saw an indigenous cavalry galloping in, thinking that he was saved, he waved and shouted like an Arab. The cavalry also found him, but when they found that he was not dressed as a native, they waved spears and screamed and rushed to kill him. Seeing that the situation was not good, Bart quickly squatted down and took out a large-caliber spear. Bang, the guy who rushed in front suddenly went belly-up, which startled the indigenous people who rushed over. They had never seen such a powerful guy, and they turned and ran away in horror.
After a hard journey, Bart finally arrived in Timbuktu, but never expected that it was even more depressed. As the commercial center of the Sahara, it has existed in name only.
1in may, 854, Bart crossed the Sahara desert from south to north as planned. It's hard to express clearly the joys and sorrows of his return journey in a few words. In a word, Bart arrived in Tripoli smoothly, and he was homesick. He had a short rest and then hurried back to London in September after a five-year absence.
During five years of exploration, Badtke has overcome numerous difficulties and failed to fulfill his mission under the threat of aborigines with fanatical religious beliefs. Because his report has unique insights on some places in Africa that have been shrouded in mystery for a long time, it has aroused repercussions and became famous in one fell swoop. From the beginning of the exploration history to 1857, no scientist, explorer and traveler has a deeper understanding of Africa than Bart, and no one has completed many tasks alone like him. Academically, he was the first person to convincingly draw a map of the vast African region and the first person to study the customs of black tribes. His success is great and his influence is far-reaching.