Hermann Eberhard

Hermann Eberhard (27 February 1852 in Ohlau, Silesia – 30 May 1908) was a 19th-century German explorer credited with western discovery of considerable lands in Patagonia, Chile. Eberhard journeyed by boat up the Última Esperanza Sound to investigate lands previously unknown to Europeans. Eberhard is credited with the discovery of prehistoric remains of the Giant sloth at the Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument.

Hermann Eberhard.

See also

• Eberhard Fjord

References

• C. Michael Hogan, Cueva del Milodon, Megalithic Portal, 13 April 2008
• The discovery of the region of Última Esperanza Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine retrieved Aug. 2008