About Daniël David Veth
Lived 1850 – 1885 (aged 35). Daniël David Veth was a Dutch photographer, explorer, map drawer and geographer.
Daniël David Veth (17 February 1850 – 19 May 1885) was a Dutch explorer and photographer.
Veth was the son of Royal Netherlands Geographical Society chairman Pieter Johannes Veth, and studied engineering at technical colleges in Hanover and Stuttgart. The geographical society organized an expedition from to Central Sumatra in 1877, with the objective to map the Hari river basin, led by Johannes Schouw Santvoort of the Royal Netherlands Navy, and joined by zoologist Johannes François Snelleman and ethnographer Arend Ludolf van Hasselt. Veth was responsible for photographs and mapping. Snelleman wrote a book about the expedition.
Photographs by Veth (Sumatra, 1870s)
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Dutch explorer and photographer (1850–1885)
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Daniël David Veth was born on 17 February 1850 in Amsterdam.
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Daniël David Veth died on 19 May 1885 in Benguela.
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Daniël David Veth was a photographer, explorer, map drawer and geographer.
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Daniël David Veth was Dutch.
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