Bain Hugh Clapperton (18 May 1788 – 13 April 1827) was a Scottish naval officer and explorer of West and Central Africa. Clapperton was born in Annan,...

Clapperton is a surname, and may refer to: Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), Scottish traveller and explorer of West and Central Africa James Clapperton (b...

Richard Lemon Lander and his younger brother John; and Scottish explorer Hugh Clapperton, who also sought the course of the Niger River in its upper reaches...

Captain Hugh Clapperton visited Oyo-Ile in 1825 during the reign of Alaafin Majotu, the empire was already in a state of decline. Clapperton's party recorded...

Franklin in honour of the explorer Hugh Clapperton. It is composed of limestone and is skirted by detached rocks. "Clapperton Island". Geographical Names Data...

Lockhart became a published author, with works including a biography of Hugh Clapperton and a book about life in an English preparatory school. He was the...

of decline. The explorer Hugh Clapperton (1827) was highly impressed by this prosperity and its effects on the city. Clapperton noted the importance of...

followers.: 34  1823 17 February Hugh Clapperton reaches Kukawa and is received by Shehu al-Kanemi. Hugh Clapperton visits Sokoto where he meets with...

Richard Lander first explored the area of Nigeria as the servant of Hugh Clapperton. In 1830, he returned to the river with his brother John; in 1832,...

was one of the largest pre-colonial African states. Around 1829, Hugh Clapperton's expedition to Europe made it known that and where the Niger flows...