Mungo Park

Life and Travels of Mungo Park (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"Life and Travels of Mungo Park" by Mungo Park Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. In this book, he crafts an autobiography that helps readers understand the unique course life took to lead him to become the explorer he became known as. Specifically focusing on his travels through the African continent, the book is a travelogue that helped bring the exotic nations in this land to audiences around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 395
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664617644
• Artikelnr.: 58501430

Autorenporträt

Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scottish explorer whose journeys into West Africa ventured where few Europeans had dared to travel. A man of tenacity and courage, Park is best known for his explorative pursuits along the River Niger and for the detailed account of his experiences, as rendered in his seminal work, 'Travels in the Interior of Africa' (1799). His contribution to geography and ethnography was considerable; his observations and descriptions laid the foundation for future exploration and offered vivid insights into African societies and natural environments of the late 18th century. Educated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Park's skills as a surgeon and botanist were as valuable as his intrepid spirit in his explorations under the auspices of the African Association. His two major expeditions, first in 1795-1797 and later in 1805 until his death, not only expanded European knowledge of the African continent but also inspired many who came after him, eager to uncover more of its mysteries. Though his life was tragically cut short during his second expedition, Mungo Park's written work, 'Life and Travels of Mungo Park', posthumously published, immortalized his adventures and cemented his place in the annals of exploration literature.