Daniel Houghton
1740-1791
Irish explorer whose travels in Africa were both valuable and fatal. Houghton traveled inland along the Gambia River to the Niger River, one of Africa's great rivers. ...
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Daniel Houghton
Born 1740 Died 1791, West Africa
In the late eighteenth century, the West knew little about the interior of Africa, although Europeans had trading settlements along the African coast....
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Daniel Houghton
Daniel Houghton