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Majestic River - Mungo Park and the Exploration of the Niger (Hardcover)
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Majestic River - Mungo Park and the Exploration of the Niger (Hardcover)
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One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told. By the
late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old
two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European
knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial opportunity and
help eradicate the evil of slavery. Mungo Park achieved lasting
fame in 1796 by solving the first part of the Niger problem - which
way did the river run? Park died in 1806, in circumstances which
are still uncertain, in failing to solve the second - where did the
Niger end? Numerous expeditions explored the river in the decades
following Park's death, but not until 1830 was its final course
revealed following in-the-field exploration. By then, however, the
Niger problem had been solved by 'armchair geographers' who had
never even visited Africa. Majestic River celebrates Mungo Park's
achievements and illuminates his rich afterlife - how and why he
was commemorated long after his death. It is also the thrilling
story of the many expeditions that sought to determine the Niger's
course and the facts of Park's disappearance, as well as a
biography of the Niger itself as the river slowly took shape in the
European imagination.
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