Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa Vol. I by HUGH CLAPPERTON Language Study ‘a gentleman of great science

‘a gentleman of great science and ability’

translated by Francis Griffin Stokes and first published in 1913

first published in 1852 in two volumes and here reproduced in facsimile

‘No one will

enhanced with numerous illustration by the author

Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa Vol. I by HUGH CLAPPERTON Language Study ‘a gentleman of great sciencePublished by Darf in 1985 ISBN: 9781850770572 Format: Hardback Among 19th century explorers, the quest for the course of the River Niger became an obsession which, for many, proved fatal. These travellers included the celebrated Mungo Park who, in 1805, journeyed 5000km down the Niger from Barmako, convinced that he would eventually join with the mighty Congo. A year later he and his party were massacred by natives. Despite the dangers, others