The British Exploration Of The Nigerian Area

The systematic British Exploration of the Nigerian area and the impacts

What you’ll learn
Learn about the Nigerian area before the European Explorers
Learn about the the motives for the European Explorations of the Nigerian area
Learn about the different European Explorers teams that got to the Nigerian area and their activities
Learn about the reactions of Nigerians to European Explorers activities and the different difficulties faced by European Explorers

Requirements
Ability to listen, read and understand English Language

Description
There is a considerable amount of historic evidence to show that those that lived in the Nigerian area have had active relations with Europeans and others from abroad from earliest times. These contacts have been in the aspect of political, economic and social areas. In Nigerian area, significant increase in external relationships were witnessed during the 19th Century. This was made possible by the European’s movement from the costal area to the hinterland. Before this period, the European were already doing business with people in the coastal areas of the territories that later became Nigeria.The earliest Europeans to carry out Exploration activities in the Nigerian area were the Portuguese. They made impacts in the coastal areas. It was only in Benin and Warri that they were able to create somethings in the interior of the Nigerian area. The Portuguese were not able to sustain their pressure and presence. They pulled out of these areas.The subsequent systematic European Explorations were set up by the British. The British were to later carry out Exploration activities that covered parts of West Africa. There were Explorations led by Mungo Park, Hugh Clapperton, Hendrich Barth, Lander Brothers and others. These Expeditions ended up opening the Nigerian area to a very high British participation. This increased participation contributed to imperial activities of the British in the region.Under this course,we discussed the various European Explorations activities in the Nigerian area.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Nigerian Area before European visits and Occupation.

Lecture 3 Earliest European Contacts with the Nigerian Area

Lecture 4 British Exploration: The Background

Lecture 5 Motives for the European Exploration of Africa

Section 2: The Explorations

Lecture 6 Mungo Park’s Expedition 1

Lecture 7 Mungo Park’s Expedition 2

Lecture 8 Major Peddie and Captain Tuckey Expeditions

Lecture 9 Dixon, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Quadney’s Exploration

Section 3: British Commercial Expeditions of the Nigerian Area

Lecture 10 Mac-Gregor Laird’s Exploration

Lecture 11 The 1841 Exploration

Lecture 12 John Beecroft Explorations

Lecture 13 Heinrich Barth and Others Exploration

Lecture 14 Dr. William Baikie’s Explorations

Section 4: Reactions and Activities

Lecture 15 Reactions of Nigerians to European Explorers activities

Lecture 16 Difficulties faced by European Explorers

Lecture 17 Results of the European Explorations of the West Africa region

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