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Biography

Name:	Hugh Clapperton
Birth Date:	1788
Death Date:	April 13, 1827
Place of Birth:	Annan, Scotland
Place of Death:	Sokoto, Nigeria
Nationality:	Scottish
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	explorer

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Biography of Hugh Clapperton
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A Scottish explorer of Africa, Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) extended knowledge of the Fulani empire in what is now northern Nigeria and reached the Niger River in an effort to solve the mystery of that river's course and terminal point. Hugh Clapperton...