Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2) (Registro nro. 118812)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| Classification number | DT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lander, Richard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1804-1834 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2) |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
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| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| General note | Release date is 2026-03-02 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Wellcome Library) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Records of Captain Clapperton's last expedition to Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by Lander is a travel narrative and historical account written in the early 19th century. It follows British explorer Hugh Clapperton through the eyes of his attendant Richard Lander, interweaving ethnographic sketches, natural history notes, and reports of regional wars with a stark, first-person chronicle of Clapperton’s decline, death, and Lander’s struggle to get home.<br/><br/>The opening of the volume sets out the contents, then launches into Lander’s sweeping survey of central West Africa: quick character portraits, storytelling habits, and domestic life; extensive notes on flora, fauna, snakes, hyenas, elephants, birds, and crocodiles; and pointed claims about groups such as the Yam Yams, Arabs, and the Fulani (Falatahs). He recounts the rise of Dan Fodio and the founding of Sokoto, revolts in Gobir, and hard-fought conflicts with Bornu and Fundah—highlighting the murder of Bornu envoys at Kano, Bornu’s fiery assault tactics, and Bello’s failed attack on Fundah’s musket‑lined walls. The narrative then narrows to Sokoto: the cramped beehive hut, quiet evenings with cigars, songs, and bugle tunes, followed by Clapperton’s dysentery, Lander’s solitary nursing, the captain’s final instructions, and a lonely burial under a British flag near a village. Lander’s own fever, the Sultan’s seizure of arms and supplies, and an uneasy consent to leave are followed by departure with a vast caravan into the perilous Goober bush, where heat, dust, and thirst close the excerpt. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Sudan (Region) -- Description and travel |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/b29324610_0001">https://archive.org/details/b29324610_0001</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78092">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78092</a> |
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