Richard Lander
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Richard Lemon Lander was a British explorer of western Africa. He and his brother John were the first Europeans to follow the course of the River Niger, and discover that it led to the Atlantic.
Richard Lemon Lander
The Richard Lander Monument, Truro
The Lander brothers travelling down the Niger
Truro
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Truro is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies 232 miles west-south-west of London. It is Cornwall's county town, only city
Richard Lander
…the first Europeans to follow the course of the River Niger, and discover that it led to the Atlantic. Richard Lander was the brother of John Lander, a Truro innkeeper and noted wrestler, and was born in the Fighting Cocks Inn (later the Dolphin Inn). Educated at "Old Pascoe's" in Coombs Lane, Truro, until…
Hall for Cornwall on Back Quay, Truro geograph.org.uk 4429068
1 Prince's Street, Truro
Truro Cathedral city view crop
The Passmore Edwards Free Library, Truro geograph.org.uk 4809444