Otto Ehrenfried Ehlers (31 January 1855 – 3 October 1895) was a German traveller who is known for his account of a long trip through inland Southeast Asia, documented in his 1894 book Im Sattel durch Indochina, and recently republished by White Lotus Press of Thailand in English as a three-part series entitled On Horseback Through Indochina. Biography He was born on 31 January 1855 in Hamburg. He died on 3 October 1895 in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, part of German New Guinea while attempting to cross the island of New Guinea from north to south. References German travel writers 1855 births 1895 deaths Writers from Hamburg German male non-fiction writers German explorers