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In 1795 Mungo Park, a twenty-four year old Scottish surgeon, set out from the Gambia to trace the course of the Niger, a river of which Europeans had no first-hand knowledge. Travels in the interior districts of Africa is his Journal of that extraordinary journey. He travelled on the sufferance of African rulers and soon came to depend for his survival on the charity of African villagers. Before he reached the Niger, he endured months of captivity in the camp of a Moorish chief. His subsequent misadventures included being robbed and stripped naked by Fulani bandits. Yet, throughout his travels, Park maintained a remarkable empathy for African societies and beliefs. He recorded what he saw as accurately as he could, and without presuming European superiority. He prefaced his Journal with the disclaimer that it 'has nothing to recommend it but truth. It is a plain unvarnished tale, without any pretensions of any kind...' Park's truthfulness and lack of pretension will endear him to modern readers.
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In 1795, the 24 year old Scottish surgeon Mungo Park set out from the Gambia to trace the Niger's course. This journal records his experiences. Throughout his travels and misadventures the author records what he sees as accuratly as he could, and without presuming European superiority.
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Die Entdeckung Afrikas durch die Europäer ging von der See aus. Schon recht schnell hatten die diversen Seefahrer aus Portugal bei der Reise nach Indien sehr detaillierte und korrekte Karten der afrikanischen Küste gezeichnet.
Dagegen war das Hinterland für die Kartographen lange Zeit - im wirklichen Sinn - ein unbekannter Kontinent. So finden sich in deren Karten Riesen, Einhörner, geflügelte Löwen und sonstige Fabelgestalten eingezeichnet. Aber auch das damals sagenumwobene Timbuktu findet sich in vielen Karten eingezeichnet, mit all seinem Reichtum.
Dagegen war das Hinterland für die Kartographen lange Zeit - im wirklichen Sinn - ein unbekannter Kontinent. So finden sich in deren Karten Riesen, Einhörner, geflügelte Löwen und sonstige Fabelgestalten eingezeichnet. Aber auch das damals sagenumwobene Timbuktu findet sich in vielen Karten eingezeichnet, mit all seinem Reichtum.
Und Mungo Park schildert seine Suche nach diesem Ort. Seine Expedition ins innere Afrikas Ende des 18. und Anfang des 19. Jahrhundert entlang des Gambias zeichnet sich durch die unermüdliche akkurate Schilderung der Reiseumstände aus. Von den Begegnungen mit den Einheimischen, welche den Europäer und Christ mal in Freundschaft und mal in Feindschaft begegnen, lebt der Reisebericht aus dem Jahr 1795.
1805 geht Mungo Park noch einmal auf Expedition in Westafrika. Sein Ziel ist es eine Handelsverbindung von der westafrikanischen Küste über den Gambia und Timbuktu zum Niger zu erkunden.
Doch diesen Auftrag der königlich geografischen Gesellschaft geht er anders als seine erste Reise an. Suchte er 1795 noch den Kontakt zu den lokalen Königen und Stammesfürsten, so versucht er diesmal alle unnötigen Kontakte zu vermeiden. Von den 44 Männern des Expeditionskorps erreichen gerade 5 mit Sansanding die Hälfte des Weges. Alle anderen sind ein Opfer des tropischen Fiebers der Regenzeit geworden.
Mungo Park und seine verbliebenen Gefährten werden das Ziel ihrer Exkursion nicht mehr lebend erreichen. 1806 stirbt Mungo Park unter ungeklärten Umständen bei einem Angriff von Einheimischen in der Nähe von Boussa.
Damit ist dieses Expeditionstagebuch das interessante Zeitzeugnis über die Entdeckung des Inneren des afrikanischen Kontinents aus europäischer Sicht. Ein authentischer Bericht, der von seiner schonungslosen Beschreibung der Reiseumstände lebt.
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Greatest African Explorer of all time.
9. Mai 2010
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Personally, I don't like Amazon's 5 star rating system, in my opinion too many people rate books 5 star, which in my mind would be a book 100% perfect in every category. To me this is practically unattainable. So I give this book a 5 star rating with reservations, I would prefer a 4 3/4 rating if this were possible. There should be a 7 star rating system, with 7 stars being practically unattainable.
Having said this, this is the greatest work of travel and exploration I have ever read. And I have read the greatest, all the African greats; Burton, Baker, Stanley, Livingston, Mary Kingsley & etc., etc. Also the North American giants; Lewis & Clark, Champlain, La Salle, Jedediah Smith and the rest; and most of the South Americans of fame, Spruce, Bates, Humbolt, Dr. Richard Schultes et.al. And last but not least the the Asian explorers, such as Doughty, Thessiger, Hedin and many more. I say this so you know where I'm coming from. But "Travels into the Interior of Africa" by Mungo Park is my favorite. Read it and you may agree with me, I don't know why this book is so ignored, especially after reading so many rave reviews on Amazon on Mary Kingsley's, "Travels in West Africa" {but she deserves it}.There are heart touching as well as humorous scenes in this book especially in his encounters with African women. Park's courage, perseverance, humility, humanity and his empathy for the African peoples he encounters as well as his informative account of the exotic makes this book a great read. The "good, the bad, and the ugly" are all here, and it is written in a straightforward and manly style.To me he was truly one of the greatest explorers of all times!
I have a more expensive edition of this work but it sure looks like this "Wordsworth" edition is a good buy!I've got to check out more of their titles on African exploration if any are available!
Having said this, this is the greatest work of travel and exploration I have ever read. And I have read the greatest, all the African greats; Burton, Baker, Stanley, Livingston, Mary Kingsley & etc., etc. Also the North American giants; Lewis & Clark, Champlain, La Salle, Jedediah Smith and the rest; and most of the South Americans of fame, Spruce, Bates, Humbolt, Dr. Richard Schultes et.al. And last but not least the the Asian explorers, such as Doughty, Thessiger, Hedin and many more. I say this so you know where I'm coming from. But "Travels into the Interior of Africa" by Mungo Park is my favorite. Read it and you may agree with me, I don't know why this book is so ignored, especially after reading so many rave reviews on Amazon on Mary Kingsley's, "Travels in West Africa" {but she deserves it}.There are heart touching as well as humorous scenes in this book especially in his encounters with African women. Park's courage, perseverance, humility, humanity and his empathy for the African peoples he encounters as well as his informative account of the exotic makes this book a great read. The "good, the bad, and the ugly" are all here, and it is written in a straightforward and manly style.To me he was truly one of the greatest explorers of all times!
I have a more expensive edition of this work but it sure looks like this "Wordsworth" edition is a good buy!I've got to check out more of their titles on African exploration if any are available!
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5. September 2011
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The first journey is a pretty well-written account (polished by a ghost-writer) that compares favorably to any true-life adventure story. Park provides many sociological and economic details of the different villages and groups he encounters, along the Gambia and Niger, during his unsuccessful treck to find the source of the latter. Though he is often robbed and ill-treated, he also, at times, encounters compassion and friendship. As a result, his account is probably more humanistic than some others. Of course, there were no cannibals in the part of the continent he explored.
Many will be surprised by Park's account of slavery. Park estimated that about two-thirds of the Africans he encountered along his trip were slaves to other blacks. He also thought that human trafficking in Africa was not substantially exacerberated by encounters with Europeans.
The second journey is shorter, much drier and unpolished: essentially it is Park's mostly unannotated diary. Delays led to the men undertaking the journey during the wet-season, and the deathcount due to disease is staggering. Out of the forty white men who initially set out, only three, including Park himself, survived their maladies to meet a violent end. The author adds a short account of some of the rumors that escaped Africa when the expedition was well overdue. The guide of the second leg of the trip was later tracked down and able to provide a non-eyewitness account of Mr. Park's untimely end.
Anyone interested in the pre-colonial history of Africa would be well-advised to read this book.
Many will be surprised by Park's account of slavery. Park estimated that about two-thirds of the Africans he encountered along his trip were slaves to other blacks. He also thought that human trafficking in Africa was not substantially exacerberated by encounters with Europeans.
The second journey is shorter, much drier and unpolished: essentially it is Park's mostly unannotated diary. Delays led to the men undertaking the journey during the wet-season, and the deathcount due to disease is staggering. Out of the forty white men who initially set out, only three, including Park himself, survived their maladies to meet a violent end. The author adds a short account of some of the rumors that escaped Africa when the expedition was well overdue. The guide of the second leg of the trip was later tracked down and able to provide a non-eyewitness account of Mr. Park's untimely end.
Anyone interested in the pre-colonial history of Africa would be well-advised to read this book.
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Exquisite, classic travelogue
6. April 2011
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This exquisite travelogue was written in 1799, four years after Scottish-born Mungo Park embarked on a solitary exploration of northwest Africa, along the River Niger to the great object of European research, Timbuktu.
He was described by his peers as tall but not impressive, ambitious but not arrogant, serious but not humourless and an extraordinarily unremarkable man. Nevertheless, this 23-year-old made an extraordinarily remarkable journey at the height of the slave trade and the dominance of the Victorian English Empire.
He writes without racial superiority, pompousness, exaggeration or embellishment. There is no bravado or heroics. It is a factual account and observance of customs, laws, food, nature, wars, heat, illness, wrong turns and strange sights during the two-year trek. It is a travelogue that has endured the test of time.
On his return to Scotland, he resumed his career as a surgeon. He rejected an offer from Joseph Banks, the eminent botanist, to undertake an exploration in Australia. Instead, seven years later, he was coerced into accompanying an exploration to the same area of northwest Africa with an expedition of 40 men. None, including Park, would be seen again.
Martina Nicolls, Author of "The Sudan Curse" and "Kashmir on a Knife-Edge"
He was described by his peers as tall but not impressive, ambitious but not arrogant, serious but not humourless and an extraordinarily unremarkable man. Nevertheless, this 23-year-old made an extraordinarily remarkable journey at the height of the slave trade and the dominance of the Victorian English Empire.
He writes without racial superiority, pompousness, exaggeration or embellishment. There is no bravado or heroics. It is a factual account and observance of customs, laws, food, nature, wars, heat, illness, wrong turns and strange sights during the two-year trek. It is a travelogue that has endured the test of time.
On his return to Scotland, he resumed his career as a surgeon. He rejected an offer from Joseph Banks, the eminent botanist, to undertake an exploration in Australia. Instead, seven years later, he was coerced into accompanying an exploration to the same area of northwest Africa with an expedition of 40 men. None, including Park, would be seen again.
Martina Nicolls, Author of "The Sudan Curse" and "Kashmir on a Knife-Edge"
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