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Travels in the interior districts of Africa: Performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park, surgeon. With an appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell.

Publication Details

London: G. and W. Nicol, 1799 CE.

Park, a Scottish physician, was the first Westerner to travel to the central portion of the Niger River. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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Africa & Middle East

Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Africa Travels by Physicians, Surgeons & Scientsts VOYAGES & Travels by Physicians, Surgeons & Scientists

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#7931
Permanent Link	https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/10104
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	travels-in-the-interior-districts-of-africa-performed-under-the-direction-and-patronage-of-the-african-association-in-the-years-1795-1796-and-1797

Geographic Context

Publication place: London