johannes rebmann was the first european to see mount kilimanjaro.
johannes rebmann was the first european to see mount kilimanjaro.
who was the first european to see mount kilimanjaro?
johannes rebmann
in 1848, rebmann was the first european to see mount kilimanjaro. the following year, he saw mount kenya together with his colleague krapf.









































on the october 16, 1847, the two men set out for the interior of kenya. with them came eight tribesmen and a local caravan leader named bwana kheri. this expedition was designed with the goal of establishing some of the first mission posts in the region. the journey was successful, and the group of tribesmen and the missionaries returned to mombasa on october 27.
johannes rebmann
the northern ice field is the largest body of ice remaining on mount kilimanjaro, with an area of , when measured in 2007. during the exceptionally cold period known as the younger dryas, which occurred approximately 12,800 and 11,500 years bp (between 10,800 and 9500 bc), mount kilimanjaro may have been ice-free. while conditions during the younger dryas were cold enough to support ice, it was also exceptionally dry, so much so that the region where mount kilimanjaro is located was semi-desert. ice core samples taken from the northern ice field date only from the end of the younger dryas and have been dated at 11,500 years. dust deposits in the ice core samples coincide with periods of suspected warming conditions such as the medieval warm period (1000–1270 ad). the ice cores also indicate that during the little ice age (1270–1850 ad), the northern ice field and other glaciated areas on mount kilimanjaro likely expanded; this was due to not just to cooling temperatures, but also a wetter climate. ice cores drilled into the northern ice field in 2000 went through the glacier to bedrock, a total distance of just over .
northern ice field (mount kilimanjaro)