Karl Mauch
Karl Mauch
Born	May 7, 1837 Wurtemberg
Died	April 4, 1875
Nationality	German
Institutions	Explorer
Known for	Discovering Great Zimbabwe

Karl Gottlieb Mauch (May 7, 1837 - April 4, 1875) Stuttgart was a German explorer and geographer of Africa. He reported on the archaeological ruins of Great Zimbabwe in 1871. The interpretive theories of Mauch and his contemporaries have been largely discredited by modern historians and archaeologists.

Karl Mauch was born in Stetten im Remstal (Wurtemberg) near Stuttgart on the 7 May 1837.

[edit] References

• Maquet, Jacques. (1972). Civilizations of Black Africa. New York. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-501464-2

[edit] See also

• Eurocentrism
• Africa
• Ancient Africa
• Zimbabwe