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 River Niger 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. The story of his remarkable journey is told with
extraordinary modesty and clarity, and it remains as vivid and
readable today as when he first wrote it.Park went back to West
Africa on a second journey in 1805, but he failed to return. In his
last letter he declared his intent "to discover the termination of
the Niger or perish in the attempt". He drowned in the Niger whilst
trying to escape an attack by natives.
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