Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa

With the Subsequent Adventures of the Author

By:

Richard Lander

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

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Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827) was a former naval officer who was determined to explore the course of the River Niger. In 1822 he set out on an expedition to trace the river by approaching it through North Africa, though this proved unsuccessful. Three years later, Clapperton tried again, with plans to start in West Africa, and the young explorer Richard Lander (1804–1834) joined his party. They arrived in Badagry (in present-day Nigeria) and eventually crossed the Niger at Bussa, before reaching Sokoto (in north-west Nigeria), where Clapperton died from an attack of dysentery. Lander returned to England and published this two-volume account of the journey in 1830. Volume 1 recounts the voyage out, travel inland through Africa, and arrival at the river, while describing the people encountered in a part of Africa that was barely known to Europeans during this period.

Release date Australia

April 19th, 2011

Author

Richard Lander

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

342

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Dimensions

140x216x19

ISBN-13

9781108030427

Product ID

10425516

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