Mungo Park set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the age of 23 to discover the course of the Niger river in west Africa. When he reappeared in England more than two and a half years later, he had been presumed dead, and the tale of his perilous journey published in 1799 was greeted with great acclaim. Travels in the Interior of Africa provided Europeans with one of the first detailed descriptions of the geography and peoples of the African continent.
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ISBN:9780486479132 :
Physical Description:print 340 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher:Mineola, NY : Dover, c 2008. Reprint of 1799 publication.
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