Mungo Park and the Niger
Author : Joseph Thomson
Publisher : London, Philip
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 30,76 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Niger River
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Thomson
Publisher : London, Philip
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 30,76 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Niger River
ISBN :
Author : Mungo Park
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 10,25 MB
Release : 2018-10-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780341789895
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Author : Mungo Park
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 1840
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Robert Richardson
Publisher : London : T. Nelson
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Africa, Central
ISBN :
Author : Mungo Park
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release : 1825
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Mungo PARK (Explorer.)
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 1838
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Mungo PARK (Explorer.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 1798
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Charles W. J. Withers
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 20,93 MB
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1788855663
One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told. By the late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial opportunity and help eradicate the evil of slavery. Mungo Park achieved lasting fame in 1796 by solving the first part of the Niger problem – which way did the river run? Park died in 1806, in circumstances which are still uncertain, in failing to solve the second – where did the Niger end? Numerous expeditions explored the river in the decades following Park's death, but not until 1830 was its final course revealed following in-the-field exploration. By then, however, the Niger problem had been solved by 'armchair geographers' who had never even visited Africa. Majestic River celebrates Mungo Park's achievements and illuminates his rich afterlife – how and why he was commemorated long after his death. It is also the thrilling story of the many expeditions that sought to determine the Niger's course and the facts of Park's disappearance, as well as a biography of the Niger itself as the river slowly took shape in the European imagination.
Author : Joseph Thomson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Mungo Park
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2024-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385134528
Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.