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Foreign News
July 12, 1825
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Lieutenant Clapperton, sole survivor of a British expedition to explore Central Africa, reports from Mourzouk, Fezzan, that the Niger River flows to the sea rather than evaporating or emptying into an interior lake.
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The Niger—"Termination—the Sea."
The Dumfries Courier, of last Tuesday, contains and conveys this satisfactory, this pleasing, but to us certainly not unexpected intelligence :--Lieutenant Clapperton of the R. N., a native of Annan, one, and we believe the only survivor, of the four individuals lately sent to explore Central Africa, has reached Mourzouk, the capital of Fezzan, on his return from the interior.--In a hasty letter written to his relatives, and dated in the town mentioned on the 26th December last, he states the important facts, namely that the Niger is not evaporated in burning sands or in low swamps; that it does not flow into and is lost in an interior lake; but that it pursues its course to and terminates in the sea. [Glasgow Courier, April 21.
The Dumfries Courier, of last Tuesday, contains and conveys this satisfactory, this pleasing, but to us certainly not unexpected intelligence :--Lieutenant Clapperton of the R. N., a native of Annan, one, and we believe the only survivor, of the four individuals lately sent to explore Central Africa, has reached Mourzouk, the capital of Fezzan, on his return from the interior.--In a hasty letter written to his relatives, and dated in the town mentioned on the 26th December last, he states the important facts, namely that the Niger is not evaporated in burning sands or in low swamps; that it does not flow into and is lost in an interior lake; but that it pursues its course to and terminates in the sea. [Glasgow Courier, April 21.
What sub-type of article is it?
Colonial Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Niger River
Clapperton Expedition
Central Africa
Mourzouk
Fezzan
What entities or persons were involved?
Lieutenant Clapperton
Where did it happen?
Mourzouk, Fezzan
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Mourzouk, Fezzan
Event Date
26th December Last
Key Persons
Lieutenant Clapperton
Outcome
only survivor of four explorers; niger terminates in the sea
Event Details
Lieutenant Clapperton reached Mourzouk on return from Central Africa interior and reported in letter to relatives that the Niger pursues its course to the sea, not evaporating in sands or swamps nor lost in an interior lake.