Travels in the Interior of Africa (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Paperback)
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Short Description for Travels in the Interior of Africa In 1795, the 24 year old Scottish surgeon Mungo Park set out from the Gambia to trace the Niger's course. This journal records his experiences. Throughout his travels and misadventures the author records what he sees as accuratly as he could, and without presuming European superiority.
Full description- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Published: 30 August 2002
- Format: Paperback 448 pages
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- Categories: Prose: Non-fiction | Classics | Regional Studies | History: Specific Events & Topics | Classic Travel Writing
- ISBN 13: 9781840226010 ISBN 10: 1840226013
- Sales rank: 73,295
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Full description for Travels in the Interior of Africa
In 1795 Mungo Park, a twenty-four year old Scottish surgeon, set out from the Gambia to trace the course of the Niger, a river of which Europeans had no first-hand knowledge. Travels in the interior districts of Africa is his Journal of that extraordinary journey. He travelled on the sufferance of African rulers and soon came to depend for his survival on the charity of African villagers. Before he reached the Niger, he endured months of captivity in the camp of a Moorish chief. His subsequent misadventures included being robbed and stripped naked by Fulani bandits. Yet, throughout his travels, Park maintained a remarkable empathy for African societies and beliefs. He recorded what he saw as accurately as he could, and without presuming European superiority. He prefaced his Journal with the disclaimer that it 'has nothing to recommend it but truth. It is a plain unvarnished tale, without any pretensions of any kind...' Park's truthfulness and lack of pretension will endear him to modern readers.
