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,...
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Clapperton is a surname, and may refer to: Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), Scottish traveller and explorer of West and Central Africa James Clapperton (b...
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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...
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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...
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Franklin in honour of the explorer Hugh Clapperton. It is composed of limestone and is skirted by detached rocks. "Clapperton Island". Geographical Names Data...
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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...
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of decline. The explorer Hugh Clapperton (1827) was highly impressed by this prosperity and its effects on the city. Clapperton noted the importance of...
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followers.: 34 1823 17 February Hugh Clapperton reaches Kukawa and is received by Shehu al-Kanemi. Hugh Clapperton visits Sokoto where he meets with...
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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,...
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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...
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