A biographical memoir of Walter Oudney, Hugh Clapperton and Alexander Gordon Laing

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Author

Nelson, Thomas

Title

A biographical memoir of the late Dr. Walter Oudney, Captain Hugh Clapperton, both of the Royal Navy, and Major Alex. Gordon Laing, all of whom died amid their active and enterprising endeavours to explore the interior of Africa

Original Publication

Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1830.

Credits

Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Laing, Alexander Gordon, 1794-1826

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72209

Release Date

November 23, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. WALTER OUDNEY, AND CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON, BOTH OF THE ROYAL NAVY, AND MAJOR ALEX. GORDON LAING,
2. 2.PREFAC E.
3. 3.CONTENT S.
4. 4.Publications by the same Author.
5. 5.MEMOIR OF DR. OUDNEY, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER. — TO THE SAME. — TO THE SAME. — TO THE SAME. — TO PROFESSOR JAMESON. — TO HIS SISTER. — TO THE SAME. — TO THE SAME. — TO THE SAME.
6. 6.MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER. — Section I.— INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. — Sect. II.— HIS PARENTAGE AND EARLY MISFORTUNES. — Sect. III.— HIS BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES. — Sect. IV.— THE MANNER IN WHICH HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY. — Sect. V.— HIS SERVICE IN THE EAST INDIES. — Sect. VI.— HIS SERVICE ON THE LAKES OF CANADA. — Sect. VII.— HIS SECOND STEP OF PROMOTION, AND HIS CONDUCT WHILE AN OFFICER ON HALF-PAY. — Sect. VIII.— HIS FIRST EXPEDITION TO AFRICA. — Sect. IX.— HIS SECOND EXPEDITION TO AFRICA.
7. 7.MEMOIR OF MAJOR ALEX. GORDON LAING, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER.
8. 8.FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.Transcriber's note:

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