William Balfour Baikie
1825-1864
Scottish explorer, naturalist, and linguist who explored West Africa, studying its botany, anthropology, and languages. Baikie became a naval surgeon in 1848 and, betw...
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William Balfour Baikie
Born August 21, 1825, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland Died December 12, 1864, Sierra Leone
The history of Great Britain’s exploration of Africa’s great western ...
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The Scottish explorer William Balfour Baikie (1825-1864) proved in an expedition up the Niger and Benue rivers that Europeans could penetrate the interior of tropical Africa and survive.William Baikie...
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William Balfour Baikie
William Balfour Baikie
William Balfour Baikie