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TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA
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Mungo Park, Bernard Waites, Tom Griffith |
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Electronic book text |
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£2.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1848704941 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781848704947 |
| Publisher: |
WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 2015 |
| Series: |
Wordsworth Classics of World Literature |
| Pages: |
1 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
With an Introduction and Notes by Bernard Waites, The Open UniversityIn 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 isa plain unvarnished tale, without any pretensions of any kind...' Park's truthfulness and lack of pretension will endear him to modern readers. |
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UK |
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
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Non-returnable |
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