Francis Moore (geographer)

Francis Moore (baptized 1708, died in or after 1756) was a British travel writer of the 18th century.

Moore was born in Worcester, England, but few details are known about his early life. He came into prominence after publishing Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa in 1738. The abolitionist Thomas Clarkson attributed his commitment to the anti-slavery cause to reading the few experts on Africa of the time, including Moore.[1][2]

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Grant, D., viii