| LC control no. | n 88138601 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Africa, West |
| Birth date | 1788 |
| Death date | 1827 |
| Place of birth | Annan (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Sokoto (Nigeria) |
| Affiliation | England and Wales. Royal Navy |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers Travelers |
| Found in | Lander, R. Extract from records of Clapperton's last expedition to Africa, 1834? Concise DNB (Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827) Dictionary of African Biography , accessed December 29, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: ( Clapperton, Hugh; explorer, traveler; born 1788 in Annan, Scotland; a in the 1820s through his participation in two expeditions; went to sea at the age of thirteen, initially into the merchant marine and then into the Royal Navy; served as a petty officer in the Napoleonic wars; accompanied Dr. Walter Oudney, who had been appointed to lead an expedition of scientific discovery into the interior of Africa (later known as the Bornu Mission; collected extensive information on the geography of the Sokoto caliphate, including maps of southerly caravan routes; in June 1825 the mission was hailed as a great success and persuaded the British government to approve a follow-up mission, under his command, to develop official relations with Sokoto and Bornu; his records are valued as exceptional insights into early nineteenth-century West Africa; died 1827 Near Sokoto, Nigeria) |
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