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    Dixon Denham (1 January 1786 – 9 June 1828) was an English soldier, explorer of West Central Africa, and ultimately Governor of Sierra Leone. Dixon Denham...
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    Dixon Denham and Captain Hugh Clapperton arrived in Borno. They were introduced to al-Kanemi. In his travel narrative published in 1826, Dixon Denham...
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    they set out southward to Murzuk, where they were later joined by Major Dixon Denham, who found both men in a wretched condition. They eventually proceeded...
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    annexed in 1871. It came to European attention following the visits of Dixon Denham (1823), Heinrich Barth (1852), Gustav Nachtigal (1872), and Matteucci...
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  • Governor Denham may refer to: Dixon Denham (1786–1828), Governor of Sierra Leone in 1828 Edward Brandis Denham (1876–1938), Governor of the Gambia from...
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  • (1859–1944), Australian politician Dixon Denham, British explorer Henry Denham, British printer Henry Mangles Denham, (1800–1887), British naval officer...
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    the English explorer, Major Dixon Denham, and the English naturalist Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Denham's bustard is the largest species...
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    allied forces to retreat. This battle was witnessed by the explorer Dixon Denham, and his firsthand account can be found in Clapperton's journal, Narrative...
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    Henry Hallam, Mary Somerville, Sir Edward Parry, Sir John Franklin, Dixon Denham, the African traveller, and Hugh Clapperton. Besides these he painted...
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    Fulani raids until it finally fell to them in 1893. English explorer Dixon Denham accompanied a slave-raiding expedition from Borno into the Mandara kingdom...
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    English traveler who had the opportunity to witness Barca Gana in combat. Dixon Denham accompanied a military expedition in which the forces of Bornu under...
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    topics included Peter the Great, Simón Bolívar, and the African explorer Dixon Denham. Porter, like many contemporaries, was fascinated by Lord Byron. The...
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  • Frenchman to reach Timbuktu. Returned north via Morocco to Tangier. Dixon Denham (1786–1828), Clapperton (1788–1827) & Walter Oudney (1786–1828) {+ Adolf...
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    west and central Africa Victor de Compiègne (1846–1877), explored Gabon Dixon Denham (1786–1828), explored west central Africa. James Frederic Elton (1840–1877)...
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    John Yorke Denham FRSA (born 15 July 1953) is an English politician who served as Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills from 2007...
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    Hecla Strait; also explores the northern coast of Foxe Basin. 1823 – Dixon Denham, Walter Oudney, and Hugh Clapperton are the first Europeans to sight...
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    William Dawes – Archbishop of York 1714-1724 Warwick Deeping – novelist Dixon Denham – African explorer, Governor of Sierra Leone Thomas Dove Bishop of Peterborough...
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    Europeans to reach the territory were British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham, and Dr. Walter Oudney, who were exploring the Niger River. They crossed...
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    travel and study in West Africa. Earlier explorers such as René Caillié, Dixon Denham and Hugh Clapperton had no academic knowledge. Barth was fluent in Arabic...
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    Logone-Birne means Fort Logone and was founded around 1700 by Prince Bruha. Dixon Denham visited Logone on 23 January 1824. He reported: "I rode down to the river...
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    "Horseman from Bagirmi" by Dixon Denham, 1823....
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  • with the Nile. In early 1822, he departed from Tripoli with explorers Dixon Denham (1786–1828) and Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), reaching Bornu in February...
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  • which he was soon to demur. In 1822, Walter Oudney, Hugh Clapperton and Dixon Denham set out after much delay, once again with the help of Warrington who...
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  • Dempster [es] (1905–1997) De M.Wang – De-Ming Wang (born 1970) DenhamDixon Denham (1786–1828) Denis – Marcel Denis (1897–1929) Denisse – Étienne Denisse...
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  • Soulimana, translated with Philippe François Lasnon de La Renaudière, 1826 Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, and Walter Oudney: Voyages et découvertes dans le Nord...
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  • Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect and "Address to a Haggis". 1 January – Dixon Denham, explorer (died 1828) 26 January – Benjamin Haydon, painter and writer...
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  • was always a queen. Bagirmi became known to Europe by the travels of Dixon Denham (1823), Heinrich Earth (1852), who was imprisoned by the Bagirmese for...
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  • in south-western Chad and northern Cameroon; among them are those of Dixon Denham in 1826 and Gustav Nachtigal in 1880.: 233  Horse-breeding in the area...
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  • 1826 – December 1827) Hugh Lumley (December 1827 – 1828) (1st time) Dixon Denham (1828 – 8 May 1828) Hugh Lumley (9 June – July 1828) (2nd time) Samuel...
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    Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa by the explorers Dixon Denham and Hugh Clapperton. Children and Vigors chose to honour Clapperton and...
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