Moritz von Beurmann

Karl Moritz von Beurmann (born on 28 July 1835 in Potsdam – February 1863) was a German explorer.

In the meantime, he began learning Semitic languages with designs of traveling to lesser known regions of Africa.

In 1860 he journeyed to northeastern Africa, where he explored the Nubian Desert and visited Kassala, Khartoum and the lands of the Bilen people.

[3] After his return to Germany, he made plans for an expedition into the interior of Africa in order to ascertain the fate of the "lost" explorer Eduard Vogel.

In February 1862 he traveled southward from the Libyan coast, then crossed the Sahara Desert, eventually reaching Kuka, the capital of the Bornu Empire, in early September.