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  1. Clapperton, Hugh 1788-1827. English explorer
  2. who crossed the Sahara from Tripli with Dixon
  3. Denham and discovered Lake Chad 1823. With
  4. his servant, Richard Lander, he attempted to
  5. reach the Niger, but died at Sokoto. Lander
  6. eventually reached the mouth of the river
  7. Niger in 1830.
  8.