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Possibly running from the law after killing a man in a duel over a woman, Von Lengerke left Germany and went to
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His name and figure became legendary in the region, and the 1977 novel by Pedro Gómez Valderrama, "
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and the decline of the market for cinchona diminished his fortune and left him in ruin.
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and land development. His property spread over 12,000 hectares. His best-known
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Richard Emblin, The City Paper, Bogota, Feb 24, 2013: On Lengerke's trail
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were "Montebello" and "El Florito", located in what is now the town of
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in 1852, where he settled down in the then state of
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Richard Emblin, The City Paper, Bogota, Feb 24, 2013: On Lengerke's trail
(in German) Maltes Genealogie: Johann Abraham von Lengerke
Caminos, biography of Geo van Lengerke
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