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The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805. Together with other documents, official and private, relating to the same mission. To which is prefixed an account of the life of Mr. Park. Illustrated with folding engraved map with routes hand colored in red and blue by the geographer Major Rennell. 4to. Contemporary Âľ-leather-backed marbled boards; spine rebacked, with original spine laid down; 2 spine labels with gilt letters. London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected, with Additions. 2 volumes bound in one.
Mungo Park was the first westerner to travel to the central portion of the Niger River. Until the publication of his book about his first African journey in 1799, hardly anything was known of the interior of the continent. His narrative, complete with scientific observations on the botany and meteorology of the region, and the social and domestic life of the natives, has become a classic of travel literature. Park made the first great practical… Read More