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24 relations: Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, Alexander Gordon Laing, Colonial Nigeria, Daniel Houghton, European exploration of Africa, First Pan-African Conference, Friedrich Hornemann, Heinrich Röntgen, History of Timbuktu, James Bruce, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, John Ledyard, John Whishaw, Joseph Banks, Kampala Associated Advocates, Mungo Park (explorer), Niger River, Palestine Association, Royal Geographical Society, Sarah Baartman, Simon Lucas, 1788, 1788 in Great Britain, 18th century.
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.
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Alexander Gordon Laing
Major Alexander Gordon Laing (27 December 179426 September 1826) was a British explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu via the north/south route.
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Colonial Nigeria
Colonial Nigeria was the area of West Africa that later evolved into modern-day Nigeria, during the time of British rule in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Daniel Houghton
Daniel Houghton (1740–1791) was an Irish explorer and one of the earliest Europeans to travel through the interior of West Africa.
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European exploration of Africa
The geography of North Africa has been reasonably well known among Europeans since classical antiquity in Greco-Roman geography.
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First Pan-African Conference
The First Pan-African Conference was held in London from 23 to 25 July 1900 (just prior to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 "in order to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events").
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Friedrich Hornemann
Friedrich Conrad Hornemann (September 15, 1772 – February 1801) was a German explorer in Africa.
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Heinrich Röntgen
Heinrich Röntgen (1787–1813), was one of four students recommended as explorers to Joseph Banks' African Association by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, the others being Friedrich Hornemann, Ulrich Seetzen, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.
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History of Timbuktu
The following is a history of the city of Timbuktu, Mali.
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James Bruce
James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile.
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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer and orientalist.
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John Ledyard
John Ledyard (November 1751 – 10 January 1789) was an English explorer and adventurer.
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John Whishaw
John Whishaw (1764 – 21 December 1840) was an English lawyer.
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Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
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Kampala Associated Advocates
Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) is an international law firm based in Uganda with a presence in the countries of the African Great Lakes.
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Mungo Park (explorer)
Mungo Park (11 September 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa.
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Niger River
The Niger River is the principal river of West Africa, extending about.
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Palestine Association
The Palestine Association, formerly the Syrian Society, was formed in 1805 by William Richard Hamilton to promote the study of the geography, natural history, antiquities and anthropology of Palestine and the surrounding areas, "with a view to the illustration of the Holy Writings.
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Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography, founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences.
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Sarah Baartman
Sarah Baartman (also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje, and Bartman, Bartmann, or Baartmen) (1789 – 29 December 1815), was the most well known of at least two South African Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks, were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus—"Hottentot" was the then current name for the Khoi people, now considered an offensive term, and "Venus" referred to the Roman goddess of love.
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Simon Lucas
Simon Lucas (fl.c.1766–1799) was an English diplomat and explorer for the African Association.
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1788
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1788 in Great Britain
Events from the year 1788 in Great Britain.
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18th century
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.
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Association for Promoting African Exploration, Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Association
