The African Association had commissioned an Irish…
September 1791 CE
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.