The Niger expedition of 1841 was mounted by British missionary and activist groups in 1841–1842, using three British iron steam vessels to travel to Lokoja...

The Niger expedition of 1841 begins sailing up the Niger River by paddle steamers, under the auspices of the British Society for the Extinction of the...

directed and funded expeditions to the country until his death in 1861. He opposed the failed Niger expedition of 1841 but the success of the Pleiad's first...

Owen on studies of the emu and rhea. He participated in the Niger expedition of 1841 as the African Civilization Society's scientist, with Allen and Thomson...

linguist who was active in Sierra Leone. He also participated in the Niger expedition of 1841. After attending the Basel Seminary, Schön attended the Church...

Niger expedition of 1841. He originally described the Allen's gallinule. Captain William Allen & T. R. H. Thomson 1848: A narrative of the expedition...

disastrous Niger expedition of 1841 under Captain Henry Totter. Though Allen cannot be blamed for any of the misfortunes of this expedition, he was on...

became one of the first Nigerian nationalists. Crowther was selected to accompany the missionary James Schön on the Niger expedition of 1841. Together...

Narrative of the Expedition . . . to the River Niger in 1841, (1848)). After purchasing the site, and concluding a treaty with the Fula emir of Nupe, he proceeded...

of the Diocese on the Niger dates back to the Niger expeditions of 1830–1857. After the 1841 expedition, the white missionaries realized that Africa was...

Church of England Mission in Sierra Leone; Including an Introductory Account of that Colony, and a Comprehensive Sketch of the Niger Expedition in 1841. pp...

caught up in the activist drive that led quickly to the Niger expedition of 1841, the failure of which was a huge personal blow and also drove missionary...

constructed during the failed Niger expedition of 1841. Lokoja was the capital of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the chief of Lokoja at that time...

Selby Railway in their tunnel. The steam vessels built for the Niger expedition of 1841 were fitted with ventilation systems based on Reid's Westminster...

into the interior, such as the Niger Expedition of 1841 (in which a large number of the European participants quickly died of tropical diseases and which...

the West African Mission in the same year. There was also the Niger Expedition of 1841 which was a response by both the Church Missionary Society and Wesleyan...

took the chair of the convention when Gurney had to leave. Africa He also interested himself in the Niger Expedition of 1841. In March 1841 he entertained...

birth, was selected to accompany the missionary James Schön on the Niger expedition of 1841. Crowther (later appointed first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria)...

critique of the British efforts thus far. The work was highly influential and gave Buxton a leading role in the planning of the Niger expedition of 1841, an...

master-at-arms in Albert, which with Wilberforce and Soudan sailed on the Niger expedition of 1841. On the voyage out he was wounded by a poisoned arrow in a conflict...

Stanger (died 1854) M.D., F.G.S., Surveyor General of Natal and member of the Niger Expedition of 1841, gave relics to the Wisbech & Fenland Museum. Tydd...

the West African Mission in the same year. There was also the Niger Expedition of 1841 which was a response by both the Church Missionary Society and Wesleyan...

on 1 June 1840, but the Society was doomed to vanish after the Niger expedition of 1841. In later life, he turned to antiquarian pursuits, re-investigating...

to the ill-fated Niger expedition of 1841. When he was turned down he accepted a position with the British Museum where he built one of the most comprehensive...

Scottish merchant pioneer of British trade on the River Niger. Laird's commercial expedition between 1832 and 1834 to navigate the Niger and initiate trade between...

appointed captain of the Albert steamer, commander of the Niger expedition of 1841, and chief of the commission authorised to conclude treaties of commerce with...

Victoria before returning to the Gold Coast, returning with the Niger expedition of 1841 to Kumase with a £100 annual allowance from the British in order...

Society, then planning the Niger expedition of 1841. Taking two years' leave from Bonn, he joined the expedition in May 1841, on the steamer Wilberforce....

to abolish the slave trade. The government in turn backed the Niger expedition of 1841 (not including Buxton) put together by missionary organizations...

hand were from Ile-Ife, ultimate cradle of the Yorubas. John Duncan, a scots member of the Niger expedition of 1841 is recorded to have traversed the area...