The Search for the Niger

Admiralty Alburkha Allen Arab arrived attack Baikie's Banks Barrow Barth Beecroft Bello Benue Bight of Benin Bornu British Bussa Buxton Caillié called canoe Captain caravan Central Africa coast Colonial confluence consul continued course death delta Denham desert discovery Dr Baikie England European expedition explorers Fernando Fernando Po fever Fulani Fundah Gambia gold Hausa Hugh Clapperton inhabitants interior John journal journey Kano king Kroomen Kukawa Lake Chad Lander later Lieutenant Lokoja lower Niger Macgregor Laird miles Mungo Park Murzuk Muslim narrative natives naval negro never Nile Office Oldfield Oudney paddles palm oil Park's Pasko quinine Quorra Rabba reached René Caillié Richard route Royal Geographical Society Sahara sailed Senegal sent Sheikh ship Sierra Leone slave trade Sokoto soon Soudan Squadron Sultan surgeon Timbuktu told town travellers Tripoli Trotter Tuareg vessels voyage Warrington West Africa wrote Yauri