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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Baron Denham Carl Denham, fictional character from King Kong Daryl Denham, British radio DJ Digby Denham (1859–1944), Australian politician Dixon Denham, British...
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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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    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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  • 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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