[Karl Johan]. African explorer, born in Sweden, in the province of Wermland, in 1827. In 1850 he made a journey from Walfish Bay through Damaraland to Ovamboland, accompanying Francis Galton, and in 1853–54 continued the exploration alone. On his return to England he published Lake Ngami; or, Four Years’ Wanderings in Southwest Africa. In 1858 he explored the Okavango River, and in 1866 he set out, with few attendants, on an expedition to the Kunene River. When within sight of the stream he was taken ill, and was obliged to retrace his steps, dying on the homeward journey, in the Ovakuambi region of southern Africa on the 5th of July 1867.
