The African Association had commissioned an Irish…

September 1791 CE

The African Association had commissioned an Irish major named Daniel Houghton in autumn of 1790 to proceed from the mouth of the river Gambia on Africa’s western coast, moving inland towards (hopefully) the Niger.

He penetrates farther into Africa than any European before him.

From the highest navigable point on the Gambia he had continued on foot northeast toward Bundu, where the local authorities delayed his passage.

Houghton eventually made his way as far as the north Saharan village of Simbing, one hundred and sixty miles north of the Niger and five hundred miles short of Timbuktu, but in September 1791, he is lured into the desert, robbed, and killed.

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