Travels in the Interior of Africa
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A01=Mungo Park
african history
Author_Mungo Park
Category=WTLC
cultures
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expedition
exploration
geography
heart of west africa
landscapes
niger river
scottish explorer
travel writing
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- ISBN 9781845880682
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2005
- Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is Mungo Park's own account of his attempt to chart the course of Niger river, and the perils and wonders that accompanied his journey. The bare facts of this expedition into a land both hostile and savage seemed stranger than any fiction, and yet remain simply observations upon the intrepid adventures.
Mungo Park was born on 10 September 1771, at Foulshiels, Scotland. He excelled academically, studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His first major contribution was to be in the field of natural science, discovering eight new species of fish off Sumatra. His travels in Africa however, and his courageous attempts to map the course of the Niger river sealed his place in history. Many conflicting reports exist regarding Park's death, but it is generally accepted to have been in January 1806, on the Niger.
