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Mungo Park, Scottish Explorer

Mungo Park (1771 - 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa who theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river. He was killed during a second expedition. Stipple engraving by T. Dickinson, after H. Edridge, from Park's Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, 1799.

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Title: Mungo Park, Scottish Explorer

Caption: Mungo Park (1771 - 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa who theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river. He was killed during a second expedition. Stipple engraving by T. Dickinson, after H. Edridge, from Park's Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, 1799.

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Print size: 30.3 × 36.8 cm | 1407.1 × 1712.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1799 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • AUTHOR • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • DISCOVERER • EXPLORER • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • HISTORY • MAN • MEN • MUNGO PARK • NIGER RIVER • NIGER • PERSONALITY • RESEARCHER (MALE) • RESEARCHER • SCOTTISH • TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA • WEST AFRICA • XVIII CENTURY