Majestic River: Mungo Park and the Exploration of the Niger

by Charles W. J. Withers

One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told.

By the late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial opportunity and help eradicate the evil of slavery.

Mungo Park achieved lasting fame in 1796 by solving the first part of the Niger problem - which way did the river run? Park died in 1806, in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780277997
• ISBN13: 9781780277998
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"