John Lander

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John Lander

1807–1839

A Cornish printer turned African explorer, John Lander joined his brother Richard on a landmark expedition to trace the Niger River. Their vivid account helped bring the geography and cultures of West Africa to a wider nineteenth-century audience.

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Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger, Vol. 3 (of 3)

Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger, Vol. 3 (of 3)

by Richard Lander, John Lander

Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger, Vol. 1 (of 3)

by Richard Lander, John Lander

Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger, Vol. 2 (of 3)

Journal of an expedition to explore the course and termination of the Niger, Vol. 2 (of 3)

by Richard Lander, John Lander

About the author

John Lander (1807–1839) was a Cornish printer and African traveler, and the younger brother of explorer Richard Lemon Lander. In 1830, he joined Richard on an expedition through West Africa to determine the course and termination of the Niger River.

The brothers’ experiences were published in Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger, issued in three volumes in 1832. The work combines travel narrative, observations of local communities and landscapes, and a firsthand record of the hardships of exploration. John Lander died in 1839.