camped there refused him any sustenance, and Houghton died there of starvation. His corpse was left unburied to be eaten by scavengers. References Anthony Sattin, The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery and the Search for Timbuktu, pp. 91–124 (HarperCollins, London, 2003). Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. with an Account of a Subsequent Mission to that Country in 1805., pp. 101–102 (John Murray, London, 1816). http://www.bookrags.com/research/daniel-houghton-ued 1740 births 1791 deaths Irish explorers Explorers of Africa 18th-century Irish people