This illustration dates to 1912 and shows Mungo Park. The caption reads: Mungo Park After a portrait in Park's Travels into the Interior of Africa, 1799. Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river.
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This illustration dates to 1912 and shows Mungo Park. The caption reads: Mungo Park After a portrait in Park's Travels into the Interior of Africa, 1799. Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river.

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age of exploration Mungo Park Scottish explorer Scottish explorer in Africa Niger River Mungo Park Niger river Travels in Interior Districts of Africa Congo River Scottish explorer West Africa Scottish traveler Scottish traveller 1790s 18th century exploration of Africa explorers Africa age of discovery age of exploration

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