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Ugwu wished that this person called Mungo Park had not offended Master so much. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Several chronicles are relayed by familiar names in history and exploration: Eliot Warburton, Henry M. Stanley, Mungo Park. Amid the pandemic, a writer finds inspiration in century-old travel stories 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z
He wrote that he had discovered a long-lost letter of Scottish explorer Mungo Park, who had disappeared in West Africa in 1805. Great Moon Hoax of 1835 convinced the world of extraterrestrial life 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z
The British Open was held in April the following year, and Mungo Park shaved 13 shots off the record in the first round at Musselburgh. Low scores more about evolution of golf than equipment 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z
The scoring was high, even by the standards of the day: Mungo Park would take 20 shots fewer the following year at Musselburgh. The Open 2015: day two – live! | Scott Murray 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z
Bulus Mungo Park, a 38-year-old civil servant who says two of his nieces are among the kidnapped, is one of them. Chibok: the village that lost its daughters to Boko Haram 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z
The examples of Lord Nelson, Howard, Mungo Park, Robert Hall, Franklin, and Washington, may well be studied, in detail, for the lessons they impress upon all. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z
The first year of Mr. Thomson’s government, Antigua had a visitor in the person of that indefatigable, but unfortunate traveller, Mungo Park. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z
Mungo Park describes the wretched condition of the inhabitants of countries in Africa where small particles of gold are found in the rivers. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z
The scoring was high, even by the standards of the day: Mungo Park would take 20 shots fewer the following year at Musselburgh. The Open 2015: day two – live! | Scott Murray 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z
A volunteer in the national vigilante association, Mungo Park says the local force is about 300 strong. Chibok: the village that lost its daughters to Boko Haram 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z
Mungo Park, Denham and Clapperton made explorations of considerable value early in the present century, but Livingstone with thirty years of toil in Africa was the real pioneer of successful work. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z
Mungo Park, who during a trip in Africa was almost exhausted, dreamed without interruption of the fertile valleys and fields of his home. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z
It is supposed that the African traveler, Mungo Park, first brought these seeds or nuts to the notice of Europeans, and Robert Brown named the genus Parkia in his honor. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z
Lacerda left a valuable record of his adventurous journey; but with Mungo Park and Lacerda the history of African exploration in the 18th century closes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z
With a hunting gun strapped around his tall shoulders, Mungo Park escorted a convoy of girls who escaped from Boko Haram to the state capital of Maiduguri on Tuesday. Chibok: the village that lost its daughters to Boko Haram 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z
Mungo Park mentions the Neema Tuba, a large tree decorated with innumerable rags or scraps of cloth—“a tree which nobody presumed to pass without hanging up something.” Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z
With respect to colour, the negroes rallied Mungo Park on the whiteness of his skin and the prominence of his nose, both of which they considered as “unsightly and unnatural conformations.” The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z
The Wye isn't the Niger, where we might expect the fate of Mungo Park. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z
Mungo Park gives a similar character of the "Moors" north of Senegal. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z
On my seventh birthday my father gave me Cook’s “Voyages Round the World,” and this volume was followed by Anson’s “Voyage,” by Mungo Park’s “Travels in Africa,” and Bruce’s “Travels in Abyssinia.” All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z
I think he is going to Fezan, in Africa; then to proceed if possible like Mungo Park. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z
He met people from Timbuctoo and gathered some particulars of that remarkable city, as well as some information respecting Mungo Park's death. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z
The Wye isn’t the Niger, where we might expect the fate of poor Mungo Park. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z
Mungo Park’s touching account of the kindness of the negro women of the interior to him is well known. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z
Bambar�ra, a territory of Western Africa, on the Upper Niger, first visited by Mungo Park, now in the French portion of the Sudan. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis
This was the dawn of my love for geographical botany.” p. 117Sir Joseph records that his father gave him a scrap of a moss gathered by Mungo Park when almost at the point of death.  Springtime and Other Essays
Mungo Park, the first European traveller to visit the country, passed through Bondu in 1795, and had to submit to many exactions from the reigning prince. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis"
They relate how the stumble of a horse proved as fatal an omen for Mungo Park as did the fall of a picture for Laud. The Book of This and That
And Plutarch's Lives—and life also o' Dan'el Boone, and this- Here Mungo Park, and Adam Poe—jes all the lives they is! Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers
Schiller, German poet, historian, and dramatist; Paley, English theologian; and Mungo Park, Scottish traveler, died. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906
Almost opposite, the birthplace of Mungo Park, the first of the knight-errantry of Africa, attracts attention, and a mile or two nearer Selkirk, are Philiphaugh, and "sweet Bowhill," the two finest domains in the Forest. In the Border Country
Mungo Park, a native of Scotland, was one of the first of noble, brave men who devoted the best years of their lives to Africa. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children
From the days of Mungo Park down to our own age, they have been remarkable for their religious temperaments. Flowers of Freethought (First Series)
His business was to meet the gentlemen when they came for the ladies about ten o’clock, and entertain the company with stories of Mungo Park. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland
Travels of Mungo Park, with the Account of his Death, from the Journal of Isaaco, and later Discoveries relative to his lamented Fate, and the Termination of the Niger. 18mo, Cloth, 50 cents. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life
Mungo Park gave his powerful influence by the kind and liberal manner in which he always represented the Africans. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans
In Timbuctoo, Mungo Park found the relation of gold to silver to be as 1-½:1. Principles Of Political Economy
The following day I dined with Commissary Hamilton, who showed me a letter from the interesting Mr. Mungo Park, who was surgeon of the regiment he belonged to. A Sailor of King George
And if anybody had asked Mungo Park: “What do you want in Africa?” Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland
Mungo Park, a Scot like himself, had started the roll. The Explorer
How few among our peasantry could have produced the pathetic lamentation uttered in the little Bambarra cottage over the distresses of Mungo Park! An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans
Among its first emissaries was Mungo Park, who afterwards was employed by the British government, and died in the course of his second expedition in 1805-6. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)
Finally, when at Coulfo, the explorer ascertained beyond a doubt that Mungo Park had been murdered. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
What would Mungo Park have said if he had seen him hesitating before the gate! Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland
Not one returned; and the only trace of Mungo Park was a book, known to have been in his possession, found by British explorers in the hut of a native chief. The Explorer
Every body knows how much the Africans were amused at the sight of Mungo Park, and what an ugly misfortune they considered his pale color, prominent nose, and thin lips. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans
Mungo Park, I think, gives an African hypothesis which explains phenomena better than this. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
Richard Lander made his preliminary inquiries respecting the books and papers belonging to Mungo Park's expedition with great caution. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
And Mungo Park, a bold and intelligent discoverer, gave a strong excitement to the public feeling by his "Travels," published towards the close of the century. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.
Mungo Park did, and lots of other people have done so, and some of the negro tribes are, according to all accounts, a deal more savage than the Asiatic tribes. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia
But before proceeding to the narrative of the adventures of Major Houghton and Mungo Park, we will devote a small space to the record of the work done by the French naturalist, Michel Adanson. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
In the above life, the friendly and generous assistance which Sir Joseph Banks shewed both to Mr. Dickson, and to Mungo Park, is very pleasingly recorded. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions
We have also described the efforts made by Mungo Park and Clapperton to trace the middle portion of the course of that river. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
Can’t say I know much about it, sir, only what I read in Mungo Park’s travels. In the Mahdi's Grasp
But Mungo Park was watching; and by a fortunate chance two canoes full of natives, bringing fresh provisions for sale, had come alongside at that moment. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
His fate was uncertain until it was discovered by Mungo Park. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Handsome mention is made of Mr. Dickson in the Life of Mungo Park, prefixed to the "Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa." On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions
Consequently the authorities received favourably the proposals made by Dr. Walter Oudney, a Scotchman, whose enthusiasm had been aroused by the travels of Mungo Park. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
Seventeen years before, Mungo Park, the great Scottish explorer, who set forth for the last time to follow the course of the river Niger, had passed away into the silence of the unknown land. Chatterbox, 1906
Still nothing definite was heard, and Mungo Park's wife and his many friends hoped on. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Mungo Park, who had long wished to acquaint himself with the productions of the country, and the manners and customs of the inhabitants, offered his services. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
He married for his second wife a sister of the intrepid traveller Mungo Park. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions
Returning to Scotland, Mungo Park married, but his passion for travel was irrepressible. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
The whole of his name was Mungo Park; but I thought Mungo was enough for my squirrel.” Caleb in the Country
Behind and beside him, standing upright in the earth, glittered the four broadswords which Mungo Park had given. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
At once accepted by the Society, Mungo Park hastened his preparations, and left Portsmouth upon the 22nd of May, 1795. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
The passage in Mungo Park's Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, 1815, p. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry
Mungo Park, while in West Africa, was once asked by his landlord, a Bambarra native, to prepare such a charm, the latter proffering his writing-board for the purpose. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
At last he saw the great Niger near the spot where Mungo Park and his companions had perished. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Mungo Park, seeing the danger, nevertheless resolved to force a passage. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
At Joag, Mungo Park was relieved of half his property by the envoys of the king, under pretence of making him pay for the right to pass through his kingdom. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Locke also wrote another hoax, the Lost Manuscript of Mungo Park, but it attracted relatively little attention. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
According to Mungo Park, the natives of all portions of the Dark Continent are accustomed to wear written charms, called saphies, grigris, or fetiches, whose chief use is the warding-off or cure of disease. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
From a sketch by Mungo Park made on his last expedition. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
But he made it his first business before departing to visit the slave taken in the canoe, and learn from him the sad details of Mungo Park's destruction. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
During his journey Mungo Park noticed negroes who fed principally upon a sort of bread made from the berries of the lotus, which tasted not unlike gingerbread. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Mungo Park when much afflicted by thirst in the Desert, found great relief by keeping a pebble in his mouth.—Trans. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.
Was the translation of an Arabic manuscript, respecting Mungo Park's death; delivered gratuitously to a private individual, viz. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa
While Mungo Park was attempting to find the course of the Niger, the English were busy opening up the great fur-trading country in North America. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
After a decent interval, Isaaco made it known to the King that he also was very angry, and demanded to have his canoe and go after Mungo Park. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
So," says Mungo Park, "there can be little doubt of this fruit being the lotus mentioned by Pliny as the food of the Lybian Lotophagi. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
The reference in Michelet to the generosity of the African woman to travelers brings to mind the incident in Mungo Park's travels, where the African women fed, nourished, and saved him. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time
As far as sensation went, my “Tottie” and I were as lonely in that wilderness as was Mungo Park in days gone by. Six Months at the Cape
Pliny's geography was the basis of much mediæval writing, and his knowledge of the course of the Niger remained unchallenged, till Mungo Park re-discovered it many centuries after. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
The next day Isaaco pressed the bargain, and, though it was Friday, steered away in the King's canoe for Sansanding, where he had parted from Mungo Park. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
An unprotected stranger, a Christian, and accounted a spy, Mungo Park was a victim to the insolence, ferocity, and fanaticism of the Moors. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
It had been seen by Mungo Park flowing eastward, and it was therefore, till the Landers descended it, supposed that it might possibly make its way into some vast lake in Central Africa. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
“But I always thought Africa was a sandy desert place where lions were roving about, and where Mungo Park went travelling to Timbuctoo and places like that.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise
Sitting on a rock overlooking the spot where Mungo Park had perished, the brothers resolved to "set at rest for ever the great question of the course and termination of the great Niger." A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
In the evenings he taught Mungo Park the names of the necessaries of life in the tongues of the countries ahead. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Mungo Park, who had succeeded in making friends with the sultan's favourite, Fatima, obtained permission to accompany the king. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Here it is believed that Mungo Park was buried. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
He said that bogies were all bosh; he said that Cardinal Wolsey was imprisoned in the Tower for thirteen years and wrote 'Robinson Crusoe' there, and that the Nile rose in Mungo Park. 'That Very Mab'
Mungo Park was now alone in the great desert Negroland, between the Senegal and the Niger, as with magnificent resolution he continued his way. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Mungo Park made it abundantly clear that he would kill every man-jack of them if a hair of Amady's head were touched. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
The larger number of inhabitants fled, and Mungo Park did the same. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
The principal employment of the Moorish tribes on the borders of the territories inhabited by blacks is still, as it was in the days of Mungo Park and Clapperton, slave-hunting. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
But women are women all the world over; a black lady nursed Mungo Park, when he was abandoned by the world; and a charitable she-Samaritan crowded to make room for a disconsolate wayfarer. Canada and the Canadians Volume I
Mungo Park left in the morning after presenting his landlady with two of his last four brass buttons. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
This was the home of Dr. Robert Ainsley, who had so often befriended Mungo Park, fitted him out with the necessaries of life, and started each expedition on its way. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Mungo Park was not able to remain at this place, for the importunities of the natives and the perfidious insinuations of the Moors warned him to continue his route. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
They were directed to proceed from Badagarry to Boussa on the Niger, where Mungo Park was wrecked and lost his life, and down to which he had traced the stream from the neighbourhood of Timbuctoo. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
Poietes might as well have asked Mungo Park if there were a great many lions in Africa. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
It is a relief to turn from the icy north to the tropical climate of Central Africa, where Mungo Park had disappeared in 1805. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
In addition to his pay, he conveyed Mungo Park's presents to the King; but, instead of delivering these in person, gave them to the Chieftain of Yaour, who promised to forward them. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Mungo Park was now so poor that he could not even hire a boat; he was forced to rely upon public charity. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
From an Arab chief residing here Clapperton obtained much information about Mungo Park and the way in which he had lost his life, which confirmed what had previously been heard. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
Here in 1806 Mungo Park, in his second expedition to trace the course of the Niger, was attacked by the inhabitants, and drowned while endeavouring to escape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger—whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
It was from them that he first learnt that Mungo Park was dead. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Mungo Park was then forced to retrace his steps, and that through a country devastated by inundation and heavy rains. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
At the house of Dr Robert Anderson, he formed the intimacy of Thomas Campbell; he also numbered among his early associates Thomas Brown and Mungo Park. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century
He was awarded the prize of �400 offered by the Geographical Society of Paris to the first traveller who should gain exact information of Timbuktu, to be compared with that given by Mungo Park. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Mungo Park, a young Scotsman, bitten with the fever of unrest, had just returned from a voyage to the East on board an East India Company's ship. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Bright was the doom that diddled Mungo Park, Yet very palpably obscure and dark. My Life as an Author
Mungo Park was now guilty of an act of grave imprudence. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Mungo Park mentions that he found the Africans in the far interior of the west in possession of the stories of Joseph and his brethren, and others. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868
Mungo Park came, and the city of Tombuctoo was shown to be a real existence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843
Mungo Park was mounted on a strong, spirited little horse, his attendants on donkeys. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Pray what did you do with the note I gave you about Mungo Park? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals
Upon the 28th of October Anderson expired, after four months' illness, and Mungo Park found himself once more alone in the heart of Africa. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Such I have heard was the case of Bryan Edwards, who composed the first accounts of Mungo Park. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
I felt like singing the song of Mungo Park. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864
Mungo Park was not so easily deterred, and taking farewell of the good old king, he took a guide and proceeded on his way. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
She thought of Mungo Park, dying with the African women singing about him. The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin
Hence important rectifications were necessary in Arrowsmith's map; but none the less, when once Mungo Park's error is recognized, it is evident that to him we owe the first faithful map of Senegambia. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Records the experiences of adventures and discoveries in developing the "Dark Continent," from the early days of Bruce and Mungo Park down to Livingstone and Stanley, and the heroes of our own times. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs
One has but to remember the classic story of Mungo Park, the strong expressions of Livingstone, the words of Stanley and hundreds of others to realize this. The Negro
During this month he seems to have written the Lines on Mungo Park, one of the pieces which attracted the notice of Professor Wilson. The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Mungo Park is fond of recording his experiences of this; but I must add that he seems to have been an especial favourite with the sex. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
The command was entrusted to the negro merchant Isaac, Mungo Park's guide, who had faithfully delivered the traveller's journal to the English authorities. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
French energy secured for the Republic the very lands which the great traveller Mungo Park first revealed to the gaze of civilised peoples. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)
This book of "Adventures of Mungo Park" was highly popular and extensively read throughout the country, by ourselves amongst the rest. From John O'Groats to Land's End
Attention was thus drawn to the existence Page 176 of the mysterious city of Timbuctoo, of which Mungo Park had brought back curious rumours on his return from his first journey. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known
The last fatal expedition of Mungo Park is full of warning to travellers who propose exploring with a large body of Europeans. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
We need not linger over the account of this expedition, but merely relate that which concerns the last days of Mungo Park. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Mungo Park mentions that in Africa on one occasion a bride sent a bowl of her urine which was thrown over him as a special mark of honor to a distinguished guest. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
Captain Clapperton being near that part of the Quorra, where Mungo Park perished, our traveller thought he might get some information of this melancholy event. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829
To Samuel Hearne, the Mungo Park of Canada, belongs the double honour of tracing the Coppermine River and discovering Great Slave Lake. The New North
His eager desires also took a poetical form, and a soliloquy of Mungo Park, and other pieces of a similar description, of considerable merit, were written by him at different times. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa
The direction of this river he ascertained to be southward as far as Djeneh, then west by east to Timbuctoo—facts which were later confirmed by Mungo Park. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
He almost made up his mind to run away to Timbuctoo, with Mungo Park; and his deep gloom showed how the iron had entered his soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863
The Eugenie had been dispatched for England to convoy the Crescent transport brig, with Mr. Mungo Park on board, to the river Gambia, upon his late mission to the interior of Africa. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa
The celebrated traveller, Mungo Park, who visited Africa in 1805, had good opportunities of understanding the natives. The Making of Religion
On a sudden, Mr. Mungo Park, a native of Scotland, offered himself to the society, and the committee having made such inquiries as they thought necessary, accepted him for the service. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa
Upon the 2nd of December, Mungo Park, accompanied by two negro interpreters, and with a small quantity of baggage, started for the interior. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Borgu, fertile and densely-peopled state in Africa, traversed by the Niger, subject to the Royal Niger Company, in one of the chief towns of which Mungo Park lost his life. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
It was the sight of a small moss in the interior of Africa that suggested to Mungo Park such consolatory reflections as saved him from despair. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden
He dressed à la Mungo Park, wearing a jacket and trowsers of jean, and a straw hat. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
In 1806 they perhaps reported the ending of Mungo Park's travels by his death on the Niger at the hands of the Boussa people. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime
The first town met with in this kingdom was that of Tiesie, which was reached by Mungo Park on the 31st of December. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Boussa, a town in Central Africa, capital of a State of the same name, where Mungo Park lost his life as he was going up the Niger. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
This custom can scarcely fail to recall to the recollection of the intelligent reader, the analogous practice among the Negroes of Africa, mentioned by Mungo Park, under the denomination of the mysteries of Mumbo Jumbo. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828
To the list of those who have already fallen, may be added young Park, the son of the late enterprising Mungo Park, and a midshipman of his majesty's ship Sybille. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 334, October 4, 1828
For still another theory, very droll, and thought out on similar principles, see Mungo Park, cited in De Morgan, Paradoxes, p. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
It was more than probable that the countries of Kaarta and Bambara, which Mungo Park wished to visit, would be drawn into it. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
It was discovered by Dr. Livingstone, and it rises in Mungo Park.'' Literary Blunders
Elated with isolation, I went even more nose-in-air than usual: and "even so," I mused, "might Mungo Park have threaded the trackless African forest and..." The Golden Age
The Niger itself was first reached by Mungo Park, who travelled by way of the Gambia, in 1795. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28
"He has a thirst for travelling; perhaps he may turn out a Bruce or a Mungo Park," said Mr. Brooke. Middlemarch
Ali," says Mungo Park, "was sitting upon a black morocco cushion, clipping a few hairs on his upper lip—a female attendant holding a looking-glass before him. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
The Mandengas, whom Mungo Park calls Mandingoes and characterises as a 'wild, sociable, and obliging people,' soon waxed turbulent and unruly. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
Memoir delivered by Mungo Park, Esq. to Lord CAMDEN, on the 4th of October, 1804. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805
The next person who offered his services to the Association was Mungo Park, who has acquired such celebrity by the important acquisitions which he made to African Geography. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
Speaking of mosses reminds me of a story which is told us by a doctor named Mungo Park, who was nearly lost in an African desert about a hundred years ago. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation
Protest and anger were alike impossible; Mungo Park could do nothing but follow the orders sent. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Do you think Mungo Park was so served in Africa? Redburn. His First Voyage
After having received the first rudiments of education in his father's family, Mungo Park was in due time removed to the Grammar School at Selkirk, where he remained a considerable number of years. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805
The boyhood of Mungo Park was not distinguished by any marks of peculiar talent, though he appears, when sent to Selkirk school, to have paid more than an average share of attention to his studies. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
He instanced a case in point in a brother of Mungo Park, who went to take up his residence in a wild neighborhood of the Highlands. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
Worn out, destitute, attacked by fever, which for five months kept him prostrate, Mungo Park had no choice but to remain in this place. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Originally it was intended that Mungo Park, the celebrated African traveller, who was at this time in England looking round for employment, should go to Australia on the Investigator, and act as naturalist. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
They were accepted on the authority of Mungo Park, Caillié, and Bowditch, all reputable explorers who had not seen the mountains, but believed from native information that they existed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents
It seems unnecessary to enter into a lengthened estimate of the character of Mungo Park. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
We find instructions concerning Mungo Park issued even to cruizers collecting political and other information upon the East African coast; e.g., to Captain Smee, sent in 1811 by the Bombay Government. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
We can readily imagine the joy experienced by Mungo Park when all was ready. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
No belligerent Mungo Park can be successful in Ugogo unless he has a sufficient force of men with him. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley
It was Defoe and Mungo Park and Cooke who enchained the boy's attention, as well as many of the chronicles of the later navigators. Kennedy Square
In Mungo Park, we are not afraid to say, that the world lost a great man—one who was well qualified, and indeed has been, one of its benefactors. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
About ten years after Mungo Park's death, two expeditions were fitted out by Government to follow up his discovery. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
A short time later, the English government offered Mungo Park the conduct of an expedition to the interior of Australia; but he refused it. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Then came the illustrious Mungo Park, the friend of Sir Walter Scott, and, like him, a Scotchman by birth. Five Weeks in a Balloon
Stewart sighed, glanced toward the south-east, produced a cigar-case, took thence three cigars, handed one to me and another to Mungo Park lit the third himself, then smoked listlessly and mechanically. Such Is Life
He backs Mr. Bates's experience with Mungo Park's failure to "draw" the negroes about the causes of day and night. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1
Mungo Park, after a brief coldness and coquetting with it, hotly adopted to the fullest extent the wild scheme. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
In 1804, however, the African Society determined to complete the survey of the Niger, and proposed to Mungo Park the command of a new expedition for its exploration. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
It was this fatal climate that had devoured most of the companions of Mungo Park. Five Weeks in a Balloon
This last was a person bearing a startling resemblance to Mungo Park, inasmuch as he was evidently a poor white man, with no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Such Is Life
Mr. Spencer based his disbelief in the intellectual curiosity of the Amazonian tribes and of Negroes on the reports of Mr. Bates and of Mungo Park. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1
With respect to colour, the negroes rallied Mungo Park on the whiteness of his skin and the prominence of his nose, both of which they considered as "unsightly and unnatural conformations." The Descent of Man
Mungo Park had determined the astronomical position of the more important towns, and thereby furnished material for a map of Senegambia. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Ah! had Callie been born in England, he would have been honored as the most intrepid traveller of modern times, as was the case with Mungo Park. Five Weeks in a Balloon
Mungo Park in his diary records events as happening upon the 31st of April. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
The negro chief, once convinced that he should not see Mungo Park again, determined to keep the presents intended for his king. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Mungo Park's touching account of the kindness of the negro women of the interior to him is well known. The Descent of Man
It was reserved for the Frenchman Walcknaer to discover a curious discrepancy in Mungo Park's journal. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
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