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Mungo Park's ghost : the haunted hubris of British explorers in nineteenth-century Africa /

"In 1816 the British sent two large, ambitious expeditions to Africa, one to follow the Niger River to its outlet, the other to trace the Congo River to its source. Their shared goal was to complete the unfinished mission of Mungo Park, who had disappeared during a journey to determine whether...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, Dane Keith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Park, Mungo, > 1771-1806.
Park, Mungo, > 1771-1806
Africa, West > Discovery and exploration > British.
Niger River > Discovery and exploration > British.
Congo River > Discovery and exploration > British.
Explorers > Great Britain > History.
British > Africa > History.
Explorateurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Britanniques > Afrique > Histoire.
British
Discoveries in geography > British
Explorers
Africa
Congo River
Great Britain
Niger River
West Africa
History
Table of Contents:
  • Mungo Park's Ghost
  • In the Shadow of the Slave Trade
  • Grand Ambitions
  • Hopes and Hubris
  • Futility and Folly
  • The Second Time as Farce
  • Inquest
  • Eating the Country.