Author: Joseph Thomson
Publisher: London, Philip
ISBN:
Category : Niger River
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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Author: Mungo Park
Publisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780341789895
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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Author: Mungo Park
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Author: Joseph Thomson
Publisher: London, Philip
ISBN:
Category : Niger River
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Author: Mungo Park
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Author: William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Author: Sanche de Garmont
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Niger River
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Author: Kira Salak
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0553816292
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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In retracing explorer Mungo Park's fatal journey down West Africa's Niger River, author and adventuress Salak became the first person to travel alone from Mali's Old Segou to Timbuktu, the legendary "doorway to the end of the world." This is her story.

Author: Mungo Park
Publisher: London : Printed for J. Murray, by W. Bulmer
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Author: Mungo Park
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781725943100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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First published in 1799, Travels in the Interior of Africa is teh Scottish explorer Mungo Park's account of his journey through Senegal and Mali to the central portion of the Niger River, the first time a Westerner is known to have reached such central regions. With the backing of Sir Joseph Banks, Park was employed (for £11 a month) to journey solo though unknown lands to seek out the legendary city of "Tambuctoo" and try and ascertain the course of, and if possible, termination point of the river Niger. Park's kit which greeted him upon arrival on the Gold coast was basic to say the least: two shotguns, two compasses, a sextant, a thermometer, a small medicine chest, a wide-brimmed hat, an umbrella and, bizarrely, a blue dress coat with brass buttons (four of which he'd later gift to a native woman for her kindness to him) and a silver-topped cane. 100 miles up the Gambia river, at an English outpost, Park spent 5 months preparing for the journey - which included learning the local language of Mandingo, and succumbing to a month-long bout of malarial fever (which probably ended up saving him later on).