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The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 (Paperback)
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The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 (Paperback)
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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