Dr. Balázs Dénes szerk.: Földrajzi Múzeumi Tanulmányok 5. (Magyar földrajzi gyűjtemény; Érd, 1988)

IRODALMI FIGYELŐ - Odescalchi E.: Egy hercegnő emlékezik (Ism. Kovács S.)

SCIENTIFIC SESSION ON THE CENTENNARY OF THE TELEKI EXPEDITION Its unfavourable geographical location and the vicissitudes of history prevented Hungary from taking its share from the Great Geographical Explorations. The Hungarian nation did not present to the world great explorers like Columbus or Captain Cook, some courageous Hungarian travellers, eager for new knowledge, had major contributions in the scientific disclosure of the hearts of the continents. The most successful of all undertakings, made alone or in groups, was the large-scale expedition to East-Africa led by a rich Hungarian aristocrate, Samuel Teleki, between 1886—1888 and financed from his own resources. A member of the expedition was Lieutenant-Commander Ludwig von Höhnel, who was born in Pozsony (now: Bratislava in Slovakia) and regarded himself Austrian. The main target of the expedition was the area between Mt. Kenya and the Abessynian plateau, unexplored before by Europeans. The enterprise of Teleki was completely successful as he was the first to report on the Lakes Rudolf and Stefánia and an active volcano named after him. Teleki also attempted to climb the two highest peaks, the Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya and reached as high as nobody before him. During his two years of wandering, Teleki collected large amounts of anthropological material, animals and plants. On the occasion of the centennary, the Hungarian Geographical Museum in Érd, seeking to maintain the noble traditions of Hungarian travellers and the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest organized a commemorative session on May 29-30, 1987. The representatives of various disciplines (geologists, geographers, etnographers, zoologists, botanists and historians) analysed the scientific achievements of Teleki's expedition. The present publication contains the papers presented. The Editor CON Scientific session on the centennary of the Teleki expedition to East Africa (The Editor) 2 STUDIES Dr. Gy. Gábris: International significance of Teleki's expedition 3 Dr. J. Kubassek: Scientific achievements of Sámuel Teleki's expedition 7 Dr. L. Csendes: The activity of Ludwig von Höhnel in the Teleki expedition 17 B. Borsos: The ethnographical collection of Teleki's expedition in the Hungarian Ethnographical Museum 25 Dr. G. FiissiNagy : Ethnic processes in East Africa in the 19th century 31 Dr. Z. Kádár: Zoological achievements of Sámuel Teleki's expedition to East Africa 37 ENTS E. Farkas: Botanical results of Teleki's expedition 43 B. Pokoly: Teleki's expedition and the economy of East Africa 49 DOCUMENTS The travel diary of Teleki Sámuel (D. Balázs) 53 BRIEF INFORMATION Profile of Count Sámuel Teleki (D. Kászoni) 61 The chronological sketch of Teleki's travel (B. Pokoly) 62 Equipment of Teleki's expedition (L. Erdélyi) 64 Photographs of Sámuel Teleki (L. Erdélyi) 68 Bibliography of Teleki's expedition (S. Kovács) 67 Fénykép jobbra a borítón: Teleki Sámuel (középen) neves földrajzkutatók társaságában. Tőle balra ül Sven Hedin, az álló sorban balról a második Lóczy Lajos. A fénykép feltehetően 1903-ban vagy 1909-ben készült Sven Hedin magyarországi látogatása idején. Fényképek a hátsó borítón, fent : Teleki vadászat után a Baringó-tónál, lent: Miriáli szultán harcosai körében (Teleki, ill. Höhnel afrikai felvételei Erdélyi L. szívességéből) Picture on the opposite side: Count S. Teleki ( at the centre) in the company of famous geographers (left to him: Sven Hedin, standing second from left: L. Lóczy) Pictures on the back cover, above: Teleki after hunting near the Lake Baringo, below: Sultan Miriali with his fighters (by courtesy of L. Erdélyi)