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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 ...
The Mungo Park Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to geographical knowledge through exploration and/or research, and/or work of a practical nature of benefit to humanity in potentially hazardous physical and/or social environments.
Mungo Park is a Danish theatre in Allerød, 35 kilometers north of Copenhagen. Founded in 1985 under the name Dr Dante , it got its present name in 1992. It has been a sandbox for talent and has been important in the development of modern Danish theatre .
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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 ...
She is Chairman of the Dodwell Trust and was awarded the Mungo Park Medal in 1989. [1] Dodwell has travelled in West Africa, the former Rhodesia, Papua New Guinea, Turkey, China, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Siberia, and Kurdistan, by horse, canoe, elephant, camel and microlight, and has published books and articles about many of her travels.
Robert the Bruce statue at Stirling Castle James Hogg monument at St Mary's Loch The Mungo Park Monument in Selkirk, Scotland by Andrew Currie A painting by Andrew Currie of Darnick Tower, near Melrose, where he operated his workshop. Andrew Currie (1812–1891) was a Scottish sculptor and antiquarian.
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]