Adolf Lüderitz
Founder of German Southwest Africa
Died when: 52 years 106 days (627 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz (16 July 1834 – end of October 1886) was a German merchant and the founder of German South West Africa, Imperial Germany's first colony.
The coastal town of Lüderitz, located in the ?Karas Region of southern Namibia, is named after him.
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