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Mungo Park and the Niger, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
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The British sent two large expeditions to Africa in 1816, one to follow the Niger River to its outlet, the other to trace the Congo River to its source. The…
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Mungo Park
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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"Travels in the Interior of Africa Vol. I" is a memoir by Scottish explorer Mungo Park. The book is based on Park's two-year journey through West Africa, where he traveled…
"Travels in the Interior of Africa Vol. II" is a continuation of Scottish explorer Mungo Park's memoir, published in 1805, which details his second journey to Africa. In this volume…
Mungo Park (11 September 1771 - 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. He was the first Westerner known to have travelled to the central portion of the Niger…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scottish surgeon and explorer. He made two expeditions to the interior of Africa in 1795-7 and 1805-6. This illustrated account of his first journey was…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
The day following (March 2nd), I endeavoured, by all the means in my power, to prevail upon my people to go on, but they still continued obstinate; and having reason…
Written by the author who set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the age of 23 to discover the course of the Niger River…
The first information we have respecting the interior of Africa is derived from Herodotus who during his residence in Egypt endeavoured to collect as much intelligence as possible respecting the…
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Presents a tale of adventure and survival. This title includes a chronicle that provides a record of the lives of ordinary people in West Africa before European intervention. It offers…
… war is certainly the most general and most productive source of slavery; and the desolations of war often produce famine, in which case a freeman becomes a slave, to…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
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…
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On the 2d of December 1795, I took my departure from the hospitable mansion of Dr. Laidley. I was fortunately provided with a Negro servant, who spoke both the English…
The Mandingoes and, I believe, the negroes in general, have no artificial method of dividing time. They calculate the years by the number of rainy seasons. They portion the year…
