Travels in the Interior of Africa Illustrated Complete Edition eBook MUNGO PARK
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Mungo Park (1771 – 1806) was a Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent. He was the first Westerner known to have travelled to the central portion of the Niger River.
On 26 September 1794 Mungo Park offered his services to the African Association, then looking for a successor to Major Daniel Houghton, who had been sent in 1790 to discover the course of the Niger River and had died in the Sahara. Supported by Sir Joseph Banks, Park was selected. On 22 May 1795, Park left Portsmouth, England, on the brig Endeavor, a vessel trading to the Gambia for bees wax and ivory.
His book Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa was a success because it detailed what he observed, what he survived, and the people he encountered. His honest descriptions set a standard for future travel writers to follow. This gave Europeans a glimpse of what Africa was really like. Park introduced them to a vast, unexplored continent. After his death public and political interest in Africa began to increase. He had proved that Africa could be explored. Perhaps the most lasting effect of Park's travels, though, was their influence on European governments.
Parks writes
"My instructions were very plain and concise. I was directed, on my arrival in Africa, “to pass on to the river Niger, either by way of Bambouk, or by such other route as should be found most convenient. That I should ascertain the course, and, if possible, the rise and termination of that river. That I should use my utmost exertions to visit the principal towns or cities in its neighbourhood, particularly Timbuctoo and Houssa; and that I should be afterwards at liberty to return to Europe, either by the way of the Gambia, or by such other route as, under all the then existing circumstances of my situation and prospects, should appear to me to be most advisable.”
This book originally published in 1893 has been reformatted for the and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
Travels in the Interior of Africa Illustrated Complete Edition eBook MUNGO PARK
I don't write reviews often but I had to respond to the comments of "Raspberry", who reviewed this book. Contrary to what the reviewer said, there are no dull lists. what you will find are descriptions of people, ways of living, and cultures that, up until that time, had never been encountered before by Europeans. Born in 1771, Mungo Park was a doctor, shipboard surgeon and by the age of 24, an African explorer. He spent two and a half years in Africa on his first trip, ending in 1797. in 1805 he embarked on a second trip to try to find the source of the Niger river, dying during the journey. this book concerns his first expedition.It is a fascinating document which describes his journey, encounters with various local people, their customs, etc.
This is not a fast paced 'thriller' or modern travel book. It was written for a late eighteenth century audience who were less familiar with Africa than we are with Mars. He often gives descriptions of plants and animals which, while we may be familiar with them today, were strange to his audience.
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Mungo Park was one of those few explorers who did not emphasize on the "white man superiority" which was highly prevalent with the explorers of his time.His travels were very human and extreamely descriptive in nature.The writer writes in a very lucid and convenient style which literally transports the reader to the Africa of those times.The sufferings,the hardships and frequent robberies faced by Mungo Park speaks volumes about the determination of the explorer as he continues single handedly to unravel the "dark continent".The inherant nature of the various tribal groups and the inter tribal and religious undercurrants have been beautifully captured by the author.
This is one of the best Travelogues that I have ever read after a long time.
Mungo Park was a very nice person who foolishly decided to search for Timbuctu at the end of the 18th century. His hardships were so great that many of the slaves he came across felt sorry for him. One (free) woman and her daughters took pity on him and sang a song about how he had no wife and no mother to look after him. This (meaning the entire 2 volume work) is a very affecting story. It is hard to place oneself in the world of two centuries ago, and Mungo Park's description of his hardships and travels does just that. Well worth reading.
I liked this book quite a lot. I bought it after reading Travels Volume One. Mungo Park showed a lot of compassion and understanding of the various tribes he encountered in Africa. I found the culture and traditions of the people very interesting.
As the first of the great African Explorers, Mungo Park certainly had a great role in opening up Africa to European exploration (and yes, exploitation). His narrative of his adventures in Western Africa searching for the source of the Niger river is full of excitement, intrigue, narrow escapes and adventure. Highly recommended to anyone interested in true adventure stories!!!
Amazing 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.
This book, and the second volume, 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.
A very well written first-person account of Mungo Park's visit to Africa in the late 1700s. This book should be required reading 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.
I don't write reviews often but I had to respond to the comments of "Raspberry", who reviewed this book. Contrary to what the reviewer said, there are no dull lists. what you will find are descriptions of people, ways of living, and cultures that, up until that time, had never been encountered before by Europeans. Born in 1771, Mungo Park was a doctor, shipboard surgeon and by the age of 24, an African explorer. He spent two and a half years in Africa on his first trip, ending in 1797. in 1805 he embarked on a second trip to try to find the source of the Niger river, dying during the journey. this book concerns his first expedition.
It is a fascinating document which describes his journey, encounters with various local people, their customs, etc.
This is not a fast paced 'thriller' or modern travel book. It was written for a late eighteenth century audience who were less familiar with Africa than we are with Mars. He often gives descriptions of plants and animals which, while we may be familiar with them today, were strange to his audience.
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