Hugh Clapperton into the Interior of Africa: Records of the Second Expedition, 1825-1827 .(AFRICA, OCEANIA, ROMANI)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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2004-062921

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Hugh Clapperton into the interior of Africa; records of the second expedition, 1825-1827.

Clapperton, Hugh. Ed. by Jamie Bruce Lockhart and Paul E. Lovejoy. (Sources for African history; v.2)

Brill Academic Publishers, [c]2005

544 p.

$59.00 (pa)

Hugh Clapperton, a Scottish explorer and diplomat, made two expeditions into West Africa, the first across t...

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