Mungo Park set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the
age of 23 to discover the course of the River Niger in West Africa. When he
reappeared in England more than two and a half years later, he had been
presumed dead, and the tale of his perilous journey published in 1799 was
greeted with great acclaim.
Mungo Park set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the
age of 23 to discover the course of the River Niger in West Africa. When he
reappeared in England more than two and a half years later, he had been
presumed dead, and the tale of his perilous journey published in 1799 was
greeted with great acclaim.
