Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers
Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers (31 January 1855 – 3 October 1895) was a German traveller who is known for his account of a long trip through inland Southeast Asia, documented in his 1894 book "Im Sattel durch Indochina", and recently republished by White Lotus Press of Thailand in English as a three-part series entitled "On Horseback Through Indochina". Biography. He was born on 31 January 1855 in Hamburg. He died on 3 October 1895 in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, part of German New Guinea while attempting to cross the island of New Guinea from north to south. Otto Ehrenfried