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Hugh Clapperton was born on May 18, 1788 in Annan, Scotland. He was the son of a surgeon.
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Physical description; xiv, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Notes; Barnaby Rogersen's two page letter loosly inserted. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Clapperton Captain (1788-1827). Clapperton, Hugh (1788-1827) - Diaries. Clapperton, Hugh (1788-1827) - Travel - Sahara. Clapperton, Hugh (1788-1827) - Travel - Libya - Fezzan. Explorers - Sahara - History - 19th century. Explorers - Libyan Desert - History - 19th century. Libyan Desert - Discovery and exploration. Sahara - Discovery and exploration. Sahara - Description and travel. Libyan Desert - Description and travel. Libya. Sahara. Description and Travel. Arab. Muslims. Customs. Explorers - Journeys - Sahara. Clapperton, Hugh (1788-1827) - Biography - Portrait.
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After serving in the Royal Navy in Canada, Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) participated in two expeditions to the interior of Africa. Richard Lander (1804-34), a young Cornishman who had travelled widely in the service of previous employers, applied to accompany him on the second expedition, during which Clapperton died. Lander published this edition of Clapperton's journal in 1829; an expanded version (also available in this series) appeared the following year. Clapperton's account of his experiences is informal, lively and vivid, describing hospitality and annoyances, discomforts and pleasures. Although its language and attitudes are typical of the early colonial period, it remains a valuable source for West African history. The book also contains a short biography of Clapperton, Lander's emotional account of his master's illness and death, and his journal of his lonely return journey. The appendix includes meteorological observations, notes on Arabic documents, and Yoruba vocabulary.
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Hugh Clapperton was born on May 18, 1788 in Annan, Scotland. He was the son of a surgeon.
He received little formal education and at age 13 went to sea.
Clapperton joined the Royal Navy and saw service in the Mediterranean, the East Indies, and Canada. Clapperton returned to Scotland on half pay in 1817 and 3 years later met Dr. Walter Oudney, who was preparing an expedition to west-central Africa. He accepted Oudney's invitation to accompany him, and in 1822, with Maj. Dixon Denham, they set out from Tripoli to cross the Sahara.
On February 4, 1823, they reached Lake Chad, being the first Europeans to see it. Thinking it the key to western African river systems, they explored the kingdoms around the lake and discovered the Shari River, which emptied into Lake Chad. Quarreling over leadership of the party, the three parted, Denham going southeastward and Clapperton and Oudney going west, through the Hausa states, toward the Niger River. Oudney died at Murmur in January 1824, but Clapperton continued, visiting Kano and then Sokoto, where the Fulani Sultan Muhammed Bello refused to allow him to continue on to the Niger, only 150 miles away. Bello, however, was friendly to Clapperton and expressed interest in developing trade with Britain. Clapperton and Denham met near Lake Chad and returned to England on June 1, 1825.
Only 3 months later Clapperton left again on a second expedition, this time starting from the Bight of Benin and traveling through Yoruba lands in what is now western Nigeria.
He crossed the Niger River near Boussa and reached Kano by July 1826. At Sokoto, Clapperton found that Sultan Bello had become suspicious of British imperialism and refused to enter into agreement with him. Clapperton became ill, and the failure of his expedition helped destroy him.
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