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English[en]
The Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (commonly known as the African Association), founded in London on 9 June 1788, was a British club dedicated to the exploration of West Africa, with the mission of discovering the origin and course of the Niger River and the location of Timbuktu, the "lost city" of gold.
Latin[la]
Adsociatio Africana, vulgo African Association sed nomine pleno Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, Londinii die 9 Iunii 1788 constituta est ad partes interiores Africae occidentalis explorandas, et praesertim ad fontes fluvii Nigri situmque urbis Timbuctu revelandas.