Records of Captain Clapperton''s Last Expedition to Africa : With the Subsequent Adventures of the Author
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108030432
ISBN-13
9781108030434
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 18th, 2011
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
398 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.60 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
African historyAfrican historyClassic travel writing
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This two-volume work, published in 1830, recounts the failed mission of Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827) and Richard Lander (1804–1834) to explore the River Niger in West Africa. Volume 2 discusses Clapperton's death and Lander's eventual return to England.
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 2 describes the death of Clapperton and Lander's eventual return to England, after a series of events including a near-drowning and an offer of marriage to the daughter of a Yoruba king.
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