Five Weeks in a Balloon · Character
Richardson
An English explorer mentioned in discussions of African travel.
minor
Also known as the Englishman Richardson
First appearance: ii
Richardson shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Listed among the explorers in the series of African discovery.
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In I: Listed among the explorers in the series of African discovery. Later, in IV: Englishman who led the expedition that Barth and…
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- Other
Character groups
- Referenced Historical Explorers
- Central Expedition Characters
- Protagonist
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See Richardson in ii