81. Explorers - P - EnchantedLearning.com mungo park (17711806) was a Scottish explorer and surgeon who charted the de Pineda map Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was a Spanish explorer and map-maker. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexp.shtml

Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers A B C D ... Glossary of Exploration Terms P PARK, MUNGO Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scottish explorer and surgeon who charted the course of the Niger River, in western Africa. Park began at the mouth of the Gambia River on June 21, 1795, and traveled northeast on horseback and by foot over rough country. He reached the Niger River at Ségou (which is now in Mali). Park travelled hundreds of miles, suffering fever and imprisonment along the way. He wrote of his trip in "Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa" (1797). At the request of the Scottish government, Park went on a second expedition in 1805 to find the source of the Niger River. During this unsuccessful mission, Park and his expedition members were attacked at the rapids of Bussa, where Park drowned. PEARY, ROBERT E.

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83. Scotland Magazine : Issue 12 :: A Great Explorer A Great explorer By Neil Gunn. In 1799 a young Scottish Borderer published his The first volume of mungo park’s Travels into the Interior of Africa was http://www.scotlandmag.com/issue/12/scottish_heroes/399

Sunday 25th September 2005 Scotland Magazine Issue 12 Published 1 Aug 2005 Buy this issue Subscribe to Scotland Magazine Read other issues online Scottish Heroes Back to Issue 12 Back to Scottish Heroes A Great Explorer By Neil Gunn In 1799 a young Scottish Borderer published his story of an epic African journey and became the toast of London society. Neil Gunn recounts his story The first volume of Mungo Park’s Travels into the Interior of Africa was published in 1799 to huge acclaim. Lewis Grassic Gbbon commented that: “London and the provinces devoured the book.” Mungo Park was born in 1771 during the ‘Golden Age’ of Scottish Enlightenment, that period in our history that saw Scots lead the world in the fields of philosophy, economics, geology and science. With his parents encouragement he worked hard at the local grammar school. His father saw a career in the ministry for his son but the young Mungo had other thoughts. In 1785 Mungo Park was apprenticed to Dr Thomas Anderson in Selkirk and spent the next few years learning the rudiments of medicine as he accompanied the respected doctor on his rounds. 1789 was an important year for the young Borderer. He left Selkirk and went up to Edinburgh University to continue his medical studies. He didn’t graduate from the course but the university records show his attendance at lectures of chemistry, anatomy and surgery, medical theory and botany.

84. Overview Of Mungo Park mungo park. 1771 1806. explorer. park was born at Foulshiels, During twoexpeditions to West Africa (in 1795 and 1805) he mapped large areas of the http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst185.html

Gazetteer for Scotland Help ... Add Comment Mungo Park Explorer. Park was born at Foulshiels, near Selkirk (Scottish Borders). During two expeditions to West Africa (in 1795 and 1805) he mapped large areas of the interior of Africa for the first time, determined the course of the Niger and died trying to find its source. If you have found this information useful please consider making a donation to help maintain and improve this site. Supported by: The Robertson Trust, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, The Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh.

85. The New York Times Book Review Search Article The narrative rocks back and forth between them, from Africa to England, Here is how the explorer mungo park speaks to his wife, Ailie I uh I ve http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/08/home/boyle-music.html

86. Explorers - P - EnchantedLearning.com mungo park (17711806) was a Scottish explorer and surgeon who charted the course 20, 1920) was an American explorer and Naval officer who led the first http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/explorers/indexp.shtml

Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers A B C D ... Glossary of Exploration Terms P PARK, MUNGO Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scottish explorer and surgeon who charted the course of the Niger River, in western Africa. Park began at the mouth of the Gambia River on June 21, 1795, and traveled northeast on horseback and by foot over rough country. He reached the Niger River at Ségou (which is now in Mali). Park travelled hundreds of miles, suffering fever and imprisonment along the way. He wrote of his trip in "Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa" (1797). At the request of the Scottish government, Park went on a second expedition in 1805 to find the source of the Niger River. During this unsuccessful mission, Park and his expedition members were attacked at the rapids of Bussa, where Park drowned. PEARY, ROBERT E.

87. General Register Office For Scotland - Miscellaneous explorer and missionary in Africa. He worked in the local cotton mills until theage of 24 when he took a degree in medicine. park, mungo (17711806) http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/from-our-records/hallfame/miscellaneous.ht

Toggle graphic version Site Map Home Skip to Content ... Skip to Main Navigation Search up to Birth/ Death/ Marriage certificates Help searching Scottish ancestors From our records Scotland's Hall of Fame ... Medicine Miscellaneous Politics Genealogical gems Digitised extract from the Buik of the Kirk of the Canagait Glossary of terms You are in: Home Family Records From our records Scotland's Hall of Fame ... Miscellaneous Scotland's Hall of Fame - Miscellaneous HUME or HOME, David (1711-1776) Historian and philosopher . One of the leading figures of the Enlightenment and author of among others: 'Treatise on Human nature', 'History of England', and 'Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding'. He was librarian to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh (1752-7); secretary to the British Ambassador to Paris (1763-6) where he met leading French intellectuals; and Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (1767-9). born Edinburgh (685.1/15, Fr 4216) LIVINGSTONE or LIVINGSTON, David (1813-1873) Explorer and missionary in Africa. He worked in the local cotton mills until the age of 24 when he took a degree in medicine. He was also ordained as a minister and sent to Africa by the London Missionary Society. He determined to cross that continent from east to west and was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls of the river Zambesi and several major lakes in central Africa. He received a hero's welcome on his return to Britain. After his death on a later expedition his body was brought back to London for burial at Westminster Abbey.

88. Books Of The Poet: Richard Francis Burton - Book Works Writings Work Burton, coastal explorer of West Africa In WANDERINGS IN WEST AFRICA, At St.Mary s, Bathurst, he impugns mungo park, a wellknown explorer, http://www.poemhunter.com/richard-francis-burton/books/poet-35880/

Your Ad Here Poem Hunter .com 9/24/2005 6:47:49 PM Home Poets Poems Lyrics ... Contact Us Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890 / England) Free Poetry E-Book: 9 poems of Richard Francis Burton File Size: 71k File Format: Acrobat Reader To download the eBook right-Click on the title and select "Save Target As". Biography Poems Comments More Info ... Stats Books The Arabian Nights : The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights By Anonymous, Jack Zipes, Richard Francis Burton; Publisher: Signet Classics; Release Date: 06 August, 1991; ISBN: Edition: Paperback; List Price: $6.95; Amazon Price: $6.95 Reader Reviews: magnificent panoply of richly detailed stores: Some Nights Are Missing: This is not the Complete Arabian Nights, some nights are missing, I bought this E-Book for a particular night- "Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah", but it was not there. I think it's better to buy the Paperback edition to get all 1001 nights, or what we Arabs call it "Alf Laila wa Laila". Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (Illustrated Edition) By Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Richard Francis Burton;

89. AIM25: School Of Oriental And African Studies: Bovill, Edward William Record Office relating to the explorations of Friedrich Hornemann, mungo park, Related material The School of Oriental and african Studies Library http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=90&inst_id=19

90. Project MUSE Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, by mungo park. He was on anexcursion missionaire (12) rather than an explorer s trek, a bit of a jaunt for http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/research_in_african_literatures/v032/32.3howe.html

How Do I Get This Article? Athens Login Access Restricted This article is available through Project MUSE, an electronic journals collection made available to subscribing libraries NOTE: Please do NOT contact Project MUSE for a login and password. See How Do I Get This Article? for more information. Login: Password: Your browser must have cookies turned on Howe, Nicholas "Looking for a River, or, Travelers in Africa" Research in African Literatures - Volume 32, Number 3, Fall 2001, pp. 229-241 Indiana University Press Excerpt In a laconic sentence, deflating all that can make travel writing imperialistic and self-aggrandizing, Mungo Park tells of a guide he hired in West Africa "who, when he was told, that I had come from a great distance, and through many dangers, to behold the Joliba river, naturally inquired, if there were no rivers in my own country, and whether one river was not like another" (199). To which one immediately responds, as both traveler and reader, that not all rivers are alike; the ones we know at home tend to look much the same, while those we read about seem infinitely alluring. And yet this sentence, appearing a little more than halfway through Park's Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa is intended to remind us that its author is a sober, scientifically inclined traveler in search of facts that, while commonplace knowledge among the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa, had long eluded European geographers. To reduce the motives for Park's travels to a single questiondoes the Joliba or Niger flow in an easterly or westerly directionstrips his

91. MSN Encarta - Park, Mungo park, mungo (17711806), British explorer, born in Foulshiels, Selkirk, Scotland.In 1795 he went to Africa to explore the Niger River. Upon arriving http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557034/Park_Mungo.html

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Search ... Upgrade your Encarta Experience Search Encarta Subscription Article MSN Encarta Premium: Get this article, plus 35,000 other articles, an interactive atlas, dictionaries, thesaurus, study centre, and more for £19.99/year. Learn more. The article is exclusively available for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers. Already a subscriber? Sign in above. Park, Mungo Park, Mungo (1771-1806), British explorer, born in Foulshiels, Selkirk, Scotland. In 1795 he went to Africa to explore the Niger River. Upon arriving... Related Items Africa Barth, Heinrich 7 items Multimedia Quotations Civilization: The sight of it gave… Want more Encarta? Become a subscriber today and gain access to: 35,000 articles Literature Guides Study Tools Interactive Atlas Find more about Park, Mungo from Related Items Other Features from Encarta Africa Gambia, The Niger (country) Search Encarta for ... Park, Mungo © 2005 Microsoft MSN Privacy Advertise Help

92. UniMaps.com - West Africa Explored New map of West Africa showing routes of explorers 18001855 Image of mungopark, explorer park 1771-1806. Scots. mungo park. Backed by the Africa http://unimaps.com/wafrica-explored/

UniMaps Home About UniMaps Contact Us Purchase ... Placenames, historic Just added Aral, the Dying Sea Back to Top West Africa Explored Printer version The founding of the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa' in London in 1788 introduced a new era of exploration of that continent. This 'Africa Association' was created by the zeal and enthusiasim of Joseph Banks, supported by an informal group of wealthy men. The original aim of the Association was discovery, although commerce and the halting of the slave trade later became equally important. Political and religious themes were discouraged. The governments of England, France and Germany later became involved in exploration, but generally with less elevating ideals. Exploring Africa in the nineteenth century was a hazardous enterprise. A cornucopia of tropical diseases awaited the explorers, also major natural hazards and extreme climates were forever present, and the ferocity and unreliability (and equally their generosity and kindness) of some locals made venturing into Africa only for the brave. It was not until William Baikie, a surgeon travelling with a Niger expedition in 1854, proved that the use of quinine was an effective prevention of malaria. The mortality rate of Europeans exploring Africa at this time was reckoned to be 95%, and those that did survive, few reached their 40th birthday.

93. European Travel Accounts Of Africa - Bryn Mawr College Library Edward Bowdich, for example, was motivated to explore the continent as a naturalist park, mungo, 17711806. Travels in the interior districts of Africa http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/speccoll/guides/travel/africa.html

Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections Travel Literature Africa Description Census of Related BMC Library Travel Literature Geographical Groups Africa remained largely unexplored by Europeans long after commercial, colonial, and missionary activities had been established in Asia and the Americas. Christian missionaries were among the first Europeans to venture into the interior of Africa, and occasionally they had their experiences published. A seventeenth-century example is Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi's Istorica descrizione de' tre' regni Congo, Matamba et Angola . Interest in Africa increased as the wealth of the continent's resources became apparent. In 1734, a time when the commodification of the African people depended upon their dehumanization at the hands of European colonizers, William Snelgrave wrote a formulaic description of European activity in Africa entitled A New Account of Some Parts of Guinea, and the Slave-Trade Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa is a case in point.

94. Photography : Denise Rocco Photography - Projects project and Microsoft s mungo park adventure travel magazine in Mali, Africa, mungo park mungo park is the first adventure magazine to feature true http://www.roccophotography.com/projects.html

photography, digital photography, expedition photography, travel photography, fine art photography, photography portfolio Denise Rocco is an adventure/travel expedition photographer and media producer, who has worked on assignment in Vietnam, Thailand, Ecuador and Mali, Africa. For Against All Odds Productions , she coordinated book and CD-ROM development of From Alice to Ocean and Passage to Vietnam . Working with TerraQuest , creators of virtual expeditions on the World Wide Web, she collaborated on field dispatches with her digital photography from Ecuador and the Amazon Rainforest. Denise also co-produced TerraQuest's Virtual Galapagos web site and served as digital photographer, producer and designer for the HighSights '96 website. Most recently she has shot digital photography assignments for the 24 hours in Cyberspace book project and Microsoft's Mungo Park adventure travel magazine in Mali, Africa, Cambodia and the Fiji Islands. Mungo Park : Mungo Park is the first adventure magazine to feature true exploration via the Internet. I bears the name, and the spiritual ancestry, of the eighteenth -century Scottish explorer who first charted the Niger River and mysteriously disappeared while navigating its waters. Mungo Park features live, interactive monthly expeditions, original work by best-selling authors, and lively multimedia presentations. I invite you to join me on three of Mungo Park's live expeditions. Once at the Mungo Park site, click to the Legends section to view these sites:

95. Selkirk Feature Page On Undiscovered Scotland Further along the High Street is the mungo park Monument, celebrating the Africanexplorer born nearby in 1721. In Association with Amazon.co.uk http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/selkirk/selkirk/

Skip to main page content (AccessKey S) Selkirk Undiscovered Scotland: The Ultimate Online Guide Home Map Index Hawick Area Selkirk Map Index (Feature Level) Areahawi Full Area Menu (Feature Level) Hawick Area Connections (Feature Level) Left Index (Feature Level) Mungo Park Monument in Selkirk High Street Selkirk is an attractive town extending from the hilltop location of its Market Place and High Street down steep slopes to the impressive old woollen mills and more modern industrial estates along the valley of the Ettrick Water. The Town Arms Inn For many Selkirk will be best known as a fixture on the A7, the traditional route from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The road still passes through the centre of the town, but the greater effort involved in navigating Hawick, a few miles to the south, and Galashiels, a few miles to the north, mean that despite its obvious attractions Selkirk leaves less of an impression on the motorist. Selkirk has an ancient history. The Romans built a fort a few miles to the south west, but the hilltop focus of today's town probably started life as the site of the church of the local Selgovae tribe after their conversion to Christianity in the 500s. Ettrick Mills Mill Looking for New Uses In 1113, the future King David I used the church as the basis for a Tironensian Abbey he endowed in Selkirk. In 1128 the community moved to

96. The Story Of Africa| BBC World Service The history of the continent from an african perspective. The Scots explorerMungo park died in 1805 trying to establish the truth, taking over 40 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/11chapter2.shtml

Contact Us Help Text Only HOME ... INDEX White Explorers European explorers shared some of the reasons for travelling round Africa with Muslim fellow travelers, but had others peculiar to the time. They went in search of: fame and celebrity, and people to convert to Christianity POWER AND KNOWLEDGE European travelers hugely increased a general understanding of geography, climate and resources. Some accounts of the people were objective (as far as an outsider can be objective), others were willfully misleading. All the information these travelers brought back - wrong and right - contributed to devising an imperial strategy for controlling Africa. SOURCES OF RIVERS For Europeans the golden age of travelling was the early 19th century. The first half of the century was dominated by a desire to establish the sources of two of African's great trading arteries, the Niger and the Nile respectively. The sort of men who undertook journeys across regions which were unknown to Europe were in the main strong willed, eccentric, sometimes cruel and prejudiced.

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99. Park - YourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary (Pronunciation Key). park Listen pärk , mungo 17711806. Scottish explorerin Africa known for his expeditions on the Niger River (1795-1796 and 1805). http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/p/p0073500.html

Search Mamma.com for "Park" Search: Normal Definitions Short defs (Pronunciation Key) Park Listen: pärk Mungo Scottish explorer in Africa known for his expeditions on the Niger River (1795-1796 and 1805). Back to Search Back The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

100. McCarthy, James. Journey Into Africa: The Life And Death Of Keith Johnston, Scot The history of European exploration in Africa is replete with tragedy. mungo Parkwas killed by natives at the Bussa Falls on the Niger River, http://www.sochistdisc.org/2004_book_reviews/mccarthy.htm

McCarthy, James. Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844-79). Caithness, Scotland: Whittles Publishers, 2004. viii, 248 p. Maps, illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1904445012. £35. The history of European exploration in Africa is replete with tragedy. Mungo Park was killed by natives at the Bussa Falls on the Niger River, Alexander Gordon Laing was slain only days after he departed Timbuctoo, Klaus von der Decken was murdered by local tribesmen in present-day Somalia, and Boyd Alexander suffered a similar fate in Chad. In addition to these four examples, scores of seemingly healthy European travelers in Africa succumbed to illnesses caused by various diseases. Whether true or not, Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was not a safe place to be for European travelers. In one of the most engaging books I have ever read on the subject of African exploration, James McCarthy relates the story of one of the most talented and knowledgeable men who ever attempted to explore the continent’s unknown interior, and whose dreams were cut short after less than six months on the trail. Alexander Keith Johnston, Jr. (1844-1879) was only 35 years old when he died near the Rufiji River in present-day Tanzania from a combination of malaria and dysentery. He was the leader of the East African Expedition (1878-1880), the first (and last) sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society’s African Exploration Fund. McCarthy indicates that Johnston’s organization of this expedition was the most detailed in the history of east African exploration.

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