Daniël David Veth

Daniël David Veth, often referred to as D.D. Veth, (born February 17, 1850 in Amsterdam - died May 19, 1885 in Angola) was a Dutch explorer and photographer. He was the son of Royal Netherlands Geographical Society chairman Pieter Johannes Veth. He studied engineering at technical colleges in Hanover and Stuttgart.

The geographical society organized an 1877-1879 expedition to Central Sumatra with the objective to map the Hari River Basin. It was led by Johannes Schouw Santvoort (Royal Dutch Navy) with Veth, Johannes François Snelleman (Zoologist) and Arend Ludolf van Hasselt (ethnographer) taking part. Veth was responsible for photographs and mapping. Snelleman wrote a book about the expedition.

In the fall of 1884, Veth led the Dutch Cunene expedition in the Portugues colonies of southwest Africa. Veth died the next year on the shores of the Coporolo River. He was buried in Dordrecht.

Gallery

• COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een penghulu in adat-kleding TMnr 60003006.jpg

  A penghulu chief

• COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een oude vrouw uit Alahanpandjang TMnr 60002692.jpg

  Portrait of an old woman from Alahanpandjang, Padang uplands

• COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een veldwachter in actie TMnr 60003011.jpg

  A Dubalang "field guard" village police member in an action pose

• COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een man uit Loeboekgadang TMnr 60003033.jpg

  Man in Loeboekgadang

• COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een meisje van Napal Litjin residentie Djambi TMnr 60002759.jpg

  Girl in Napal Litjin

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  A group of women delivering platters of food