Karl Mauch

Karl Gottlieb Mauch
Born(1837-05-07)7 May 1837
Stetten im Remstal, Württemberg
(modern-day Germany)
Died4 April 1875(1875-04-04) (aged 37)
Stuttgart, German Empire
(modern-day Germany)
Known forDocumenting the Great Zimbabwe ruins
Scientific career
FieldsExplorer

Karl Gottlieb Mauch (7 May 1837 – 4 April 1875) was a German explorer and geographer of Africa. He reported on the archaeological ruins of Great Zimbabwe in 1871 during his search for the biblical land of Ophir.