Adolf Schlagintweit
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'''Adolf Schlagintweit''' ([[9 January]] [[1829]] - [[26 August]] [[1857]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] of [[Central Asia]].
The second of the five [[Schlagintweit]] brothers of [[Munich]], his earliest work was scientific study in the [[Alps]], 1846-1848, along with his brother [[Hermann Schlagintweit|Hermann]]. They established their reputation with the ''Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie der Alpen'' (1850), and were aftewards joined by brother [[Robert Schlagintweit|Robert]]; the three jointly published ''Neue Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie und Geologie der Alpen'' in 1854.
In 1854, acting on the recommendation of [[Alexander von Humboldt]], the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] commissioned Hermann, Adolf, and Robert to make scientific investigations in their territory, and particularly to study the Earth's magnetic field. For the next three years, they travelled through the [[Deccan]], then up into the [[Himalayas]], [[Karakoram]], and [[Kunlun]] mountains.
While Hermann and Robert returned from their travels in early 1857, Adolf remained for further exploration, but was put to death by [[Wali Khan (khoja)|Wali Khan]], the amir of [[Kashgar]] in August of that year.
He was [[Decapitation|beheaded]] in [[Kashgar]].
==References==
* "[[Schlagintweit]]", [[1911 Encyclopedia Britannica]]
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