In March 1524, an expedition under Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano viewed the Cape Fear River, becoming the first Europeans to explore the North Carolina coast. But the waterway the French ...

France has begun the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger, days after President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by members of his presidential guard. The first of three ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A French military transport plane carrying Europeans from Niger arrived in Paris Wednesday, in the first such evacuation flight since mutinous soldiers ousted the country ...

This article was originally published with the title “ African Expedition up the Niger ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 13 No. 13 (December 1857), p. 97 doi:10.1038 ...