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Mungo Park commemorative medal. Mungo Park (11 September 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river, though it was later proven that they are different ...
Mungo-Park joined the Royal Air Force on a short service commission in June 1937 and was made acting pilot officer on 9 August. [7] He was confirmed as a pilot officer on 31 May 1938, [8] and was posted to the Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit of the Fleet Air Arm at Lee on Solent and then in August 1938 to HMS Argus flying Fairey Swordfish.
Park was born in Musselburgh, Scotland (near Edinburgh) on 9 January 1877. [1] His father, Willie, was one of Scotland's top golfers, who won the first Open Championship in 1860 [2] and Mungo (nicknamed Mungo Jr., although that was not his father's name) learned golf from childhood. Willie Park Sr. won three more Open Championships.
Mungo Park arrived in Pisania from Jufureh in July 1795. He was befriended by Laidley and stayed with him for six months. While in Pisania, he studied Mandinka and collected information on the neighbouring countries. He left Pisania on 1 December, but returned after his journey into the interior of Africa on 10 June 1797. [1]
Mungo Park may refer to: Mungo Park (explorer) (1771–1806), Scottish explorer; Mungo Park (golfer) (1836–1904), Scottish golfer; Mungo Park Jr. (1877–1960), pioneer in South American golf; Mungo Park (theatre), a theater in Denmark; Mungo Park Medal, an award; Mungo National Park, an Australian park "Mungo Park", a 2016 Nigerian song by ...
Mungo Park (1771–1806), botanist and surgeon who conducted many journeys to Africa and was the first Westerner to encounter the central portion of the Niger River; William Paterson (1755–1810), botanist, British Army Colonel and lieutenant governor, best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania
The source of the Niger River and the location of Timbuktu weren't known to Europeans. The Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (commonly known as the African Association), founded in London on 9 June 1788, [1] was a British club dedicated to the exploration of West Africa, with the mission of discovering the origin and course of the Niger River and the ...
Son of king Ngolo Diarra, he the throne of Ségou following his father's death in battle. [3] He earned renown as a great warrior, with defeats against several other groups, including Kaarta, Massina, Dogon, and Mossi. [1] Mungo Park, passing through the Bambara capital of Ségou in 1797 recorded a testament to the Empire's prosperity under ...