Essay Archive - Famous Explorers of Africa
Famous Explorers of Africa
Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer who led one of the first
expeditions to investigate the course of the Niger river in Western Africa.
Mungo Park was a 23 year-old scottish surgeon surgeon who had just returned
from a journey to Sumatra on a ship of the East India Company. There he had
discovered 6 species of fish, he had published descriptions in a Scientific
Journal. In 1795, Park had gone to Piscina, on an offer to research further
into Africa. Park had accepted and a severe fever overcame him during his
journey. Park also had been captured by certain muslim leaders. After he
had got ou....
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