 From Khartoum Knoblecher made an expedition into the interior of Africa in the fall of 1849.He ascended the White Nile ("Bahr-el-Abiad") and was the first European to penetrate into the land of the Bari people, as far as 4° 10′ N. In 1850 he went back to Austria to recruit missionaries and collect money for the African missions.He returned to Africa in 1852 with five new missionaries, established a mission among the Bari tribe at Gondokoro, and in 1854 another among the Dinka or Jangeh people at Angweyn (Heiligenkreuz).