Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797

By:

Mungo Park

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

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Mungo Park (1771–1806) was a Scottish surgeon and explorer. Encouraged by Sir Joseph Banks, he was sent by the African Association, in 1795, to explore the interior of Africa, forbidden to western traders. He is believed to have been the first European to reach the River Niger. His return was delayed by imprisonment and illness, and he did not arrive back in Scotland until December 1797, having been thought dead. He later went on a second expedition to Africa, and died there in 1806. This account of his earlier travels, published in 1799, was an immediate best-seller, with three editions in the first year. Park presents a straightforward account of his journey, together with observations about daily life in West Africa, with none of the arrogant superiority so often expressed by European travellers. The book includes a vocabulary of Mandinka words, plates and maps, and a geographical appendix.

Release date Australia

February 3rd, 2011

Author

Mungo Park

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

3 Maps; 6 Halftones, black and white

Pages

532

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Dimensions

210x297x27

ISBN-13

9781108025973

Product ID

9017247

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