The life and travels of Mungo Park

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Mungo Park (11 September – ) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. He was the first Westerner known to have travelled to the central portion of the Niger River, and his account of his travels is still in print. This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time/5(8).

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Jan 14,  · Mungo Park's account of his first expedition in West Africa to reach and explore the Niger River in is surprisingly easy reading given its vintage and - thanks to Park's powers of observation and description - offers a remarkable insight into West African society and life before the "scramble for Africa" began in earnest/5(6).

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The life and travels of Mungo Park; Item PreviewPages: Park, Mungo, The life and travels of Mungo Park: comprising an original memoir of his early life, a reprint of the "Travels in the interior of Africa," written by himself, and published in quarto inand an original narrative of his second journey: also, an original account of the progress of African discovery from the death.

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Mungo Park (explorer) Mungo Park (11 September – ) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River aroundhe wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same esthetic-tokyo.com mater: University of Edinburgh.

Progress of African Discovery, before Park's first ExpeditionPark's Early Life. The first information we have respecting the interior of Africa is derived from Herodotus, who, during his residence in Egypt, endeavoured to collect as much intelligence as possible respecting the general aspect of the country.

Travels in the interior of Africa, by Mungo Park; ; A. and C. Black, Edinburgh. First published inTravels in the Interior of Africa is teh Scottish explorer Mungo Park's account of his journey through Senegal and Mali to the central portion of the Niger River, the first time a Westerner is known to have reached such central regions.

First published inTravels in the Interior of Africa is teh Scottish explorer Mungo Park's account of his journey through Senegal and Mali to the central portion of the Niger River, the first time a Westerner is known to have reached such central regions. With the backing of Sir Joseph Banks, Park was employed (for £11 a month).

May 04,  · texts All Books All Texts latest This Just In Smithsonian Libraries FEDLINK (US) Genealogy Lincoln Collection. Books to Borrow. Top The life and travels of Mungo Park by Park, Mungo, Publication date Publisher Edinburgh, W. and R. Chambers Collection library_of_congress; americanaPages: - Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa - The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year - Travels in the Interior 4 works of Mungo Park Scottish explorer of 5/5(1).

Travels into the Interior of Africa. Mungo Park, a surgeon, was sent by the African Association to explore West Africa & open trade routes along the Niger River to the fabled, gold-rich Timbuctu.

His record of his travels brought a new image of Africa to the European public, though the continent claimed his life/5. The Life and Travels of Mungo Park | This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Full text of "Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa". Apr 19,  · Photo credit View of Kamalia in Mandingo country, Africa, from Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa A group of Arab trading travelers, from B.

B. Scammel, Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa, At the beginning of December, accompanied by two local guides.Mungo Park [] was a Scottish Explorer who led two expeditions along the Niger River in and In addition to Park's early writings, the book contains a narrative of his second travels and death, as well as a supplement of Discoveries in Africa subsequent to Park, and down to Dr.

Livingstone and H.M. Stanley.Oct 21,  · Park was an instant success, and the first edition of his book Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa sold out rapidly. His £ royalties allowed him to settle in Selkirk and set up a medical practice (marrying Alice Anderson, the daughter of the surgeon to whom he had been apprenticed).