Daniël David Veth (17 February 1850 – 19 May 1885) was a Dutch explorer and photographer. Veth was the son of Royal Netherlands Geographical Society chairman Pieter Johannes Veth, and studied engineering at technical colleges in

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, and joined by zoologist Johannes François Snelleman and ethnographer Arend Ludolf van Hasselt. Veth was responsible for photographs and mapping. Snelleman wrote a book about the expedition. In the fall of 1884, Veth led the Dutch

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expedition in the Portuguese colonies of southwest Africa, and died a year thereafter, on the shores of the Coporolo River. He was buried in

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Photographs by Veth (Sumatra, 1870s)

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De rivier Batang Hari bij Gasing TMnr 60003110.jpg, Gatang Hari river (Sumatra 1870s) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van dragers en ander personeel dat deelneemt aan de Sumatra Expeditie TMnr 60003037.jpg, Carriers (Sumatra expedition 1870s) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Straat van vederpalmlatten in kampong Saba residentie Djambi Sumatra TMnr 60002810.jpg, Kampong Saba (Sumatra) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Twee meisjes van Moeara Menkoelem district Rawas Palembangsche Bovenlanden Sumatra TMnr 60002761.jpg, Two girls (Moeara Menkoelem)

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* 19th-century Dutch explorers 19th-century Dutch photographers 1850 births 1885 deaths Explorers of Africa Explorers of Asia Photographers from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-bio-stub