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Mungo Park

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Born:
Sept. 10, 1771, Fowlshiels, Selkirk, Scot.
Died:
c. January 1806, near Bussa on the Niger River [now in Nigeria]
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Mungo Park (born Sept. 10, 1771, Fowlshiels, Selkirk, Scot.—died c. January 1806, near Bussa on the Niger River [now in Nigeria]) was a Scottish explorer of the Niger. Educated as a surgeon at the University of Edinburgh, Park was appointed a medical officer in 1792 on a vessel engaged in the East Indies trade. His subsequent studies of the plant and animal life of Sumatra won for him the backing of the African Association to explore the true course of the Niger River. Beginning his exploration at the mouth of the Gambia River on June 21, 1795, Park ascended that ...(100 of 399 words)

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