TRAVELS in 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.
New York ; 1813
Size 4.5 by 7"
Original calf.
Good condition, chip to the bottom of the spine, some foxing
261 numbered pages with extensive appendix
With large fold-out map of Africa
Text in English

Mungo Park (1771-1806) was the first European to reach the well-nigh fabulous waters of the Niger. He followed the river almost to the Senegal valley. He finally reached Gambia after a lengthy return journey. His journal included a detailed description of travel conditions, the nature of the area, rivers, and customs of various tribes. 'Park's Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages. It has become a classic of travel literature, and its scientific observations on the botany and meteorology of the region, and on the social and domestic life of the negroes, have remained of lasting value.
Park's career was short, but he made the first great practical advance in the opening-up of Central Africa' (PMM 253).
Written in a straightforward unpretentious, narrative style, it gave readers their first realistic description of everyday life in west Africa, depicting without the censorious, patronizing contempt which so often has disfigured European accounts of Africa.



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