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Robert Huish Esq. 'The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa for the Discovery of the Course of the River Niger, from the Unpublished Documents in the Possession of the Late Capt John William Barber Fullerton Employed in the African service,' Tipped in is a signed note by Richard Lander 'am my dear sister ever affectionately yours R. L. Lander', first edition, frontispiece portrait, lithograph title page, map and 6 plates, 8vo, 782 pages, a fine copy, published by John Saunders, 25 Newgate St, London, 1835. Richard Lemon Lander was born in the Fighting Cocks Inn, Truro (now the Dolphin Inn) and educated at ‘’Old Pascoes’’ Truro, before joining a wealthy London family and travelling to Africa, with a prefatory analysis of the journeys Park, Denham, Clapperton this work contains accounts of Richard landers three expeditions through Africa. Lander will always be associated with the exploration of The Niger.
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