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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2012
    20 January 2011
    ISBN:
    9780511919343
    9781108027670
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511919343
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    Dimensions:
    (244 x 170 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.64kg, 402 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, African Studies, Historical Geography, History, African History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, African Studies, Historical Geography, History, African History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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    Mungo Park was the original lone explorer of West Africa. The first European to reach the Niger, record its flow direction and return alive, he was considered a hero on his return. He died during his second exploration attempt inland along the Niger to discover the city of Timbuktu. Published posthumously in 1815 by the African Institution, which had sponsored his journey, a biography, personal letters and the account of the rescue team sent to discover his fate accompany Park's own journal of the expedition. The journals and letters are a fascinating description of the constant dangers and thrill of the age of exploration. Battling adverse weather, local hostility, tropical diseases and the death of nearly all his party including his brother-in-law, Park writes 'I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at least die on the Niger.'

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