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Hermann Norden

Hermann Norden (1868/1869–November 1931) was an American travel writer. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the American Geographical Society.

Of German origin, Norden made his money as a cotton broker in South Carolina. He died in London after falling and fracturing his skull in Leicester Square, aged 62.

His book "White and Black in East Africa" was a great success, however it was criticised in ''African Affairs'' as "of a surface nature... marred by many inaccuracies, exaggerations and statements which are both sweeping and incorrect." His book "Byways of the Tropic Seas: Wanderings Among the Solomons and in the Malay Archipelago" was criticised in ''Nature'' as superficial and inaccurate.

For his book "Africa's Last Empire", he met Ras Tafari (Haile Selassi). His last book, ''A Wanderer in Indo-China'', was published a week before his death. Provided by Wikipedia