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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. An essential read on early African explorationBy FantasymanThis , and the second , comprise one of the most incredible true tales of adventure you will ever read. Mungo Park was not only a keen observer of people, their character and customs, he also had a keen eye for the lands he traveled through. This is a tremendously well written personal narrative of one man's journey through deepest, darkest Africa to places no white man had ever been before.Mungo Park's story of his first journey to Africa, told in his own words, comprises one of the most compelling tales of adventure I have ever read. That he survived this journey at all may be the most sensational aspect of this record of his travels. It would be wonderful to be able to read the narrative of his second journey into Africa, unfortunately, he was killed on that trip and his journal was never recovered.Wikipedia has a very nice article on him.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Amazing first hand account of travel in the latter part ...By CM RamirezAmazing first hand account of travel in the latter part of the 18th century. Anyone who has been to West Africa or planning to go or move there should read this book. I didn't find it tedious. I found it enlightening as to the history and culture (which, in many ways, hasn't changed). A valuable book if one is interested in Mali at all.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Required ReadingBy J. PriceA very well written first-person account of Mungo Park's visit to Africa in the late 1700s. This book should be required for all high school graduates, since reading it would clear up many false notions connected with African/American slavery. Although Mr. Parks was anti-slavery, he plainly states that 75% of Africans were slaves to the other 25%, and that the buying and selling of slaves among Africans and the selling of slaves to Europeans were as common and natural as life itself.

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 Niger river 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 returned 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 attempting to escape an attack by natives. Stanfords Travel Classics feature some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language, with authors hailing from both sides of the Atlantic. Every title has been rest in a contemporary typeface and has been printed to a high quality production specification, to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.

About the AuthorMungo Park was a Scottish explorer of the African continent.He is credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River.

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