Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
On the 2d of December 1795, I took my departure from the hospitable mansion of Dr. Laidley. I was fortunately provided with a Negro servant, who spoke both the English and Mandingo tongues. His name was Johnson. He was a native of this part of Africa; and having in his youth been convoyed to Jamaica as a slave, he had been made free, and taken to England by his master, where he had resided many years; and at length found his way back to his native country. As he was known to Dr. Laidley, the Doctor recommended him to me, and I hired him as my interpreter, at the rate of ten bars monthly, to be paid to himself, and five bars a month to be paid…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84702-391-9
- EAN: 9781847023919
- Produktnummer: 2521026
- Verlag: Echo Lib
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.6 cm 434 g
- Gewicht: 434
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MUNGO PARK (1771-1806), Scottish explorer and the first Westerner to have recorded travels in the central portion of the Niger, was considered the first successful explorer of Africa.
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