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Travels in the Interior of Africa

Travels in the Interior of Africa

Mungo Park

The journey of Mungo Park, an European explorer to trace the course of the river Niger from The Gambia.
Travels in the Interior of Africa

Travels in the Interior of Africa

Mungo Park

Mungo Park. PARK'S TRAVELS, CHAP. I. THE noblemen and gentlemen, (viz. the Earl of Moira, Bishop of Landaff, Sir Joseph Banks, with Andrew Stewart and Bryan Edwards, Esquires,) formed into a committee for the purpose of making ...
Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa

Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa

Mungo Park

The first information we have respecting the interior of Africa is derived from Herodotus who during his residence in Egypt endeavoured to collect as much intelligence as possible respecting the general aspect of the country.
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

Mungo Park

"In a time when the world has grown tame and we have to manufacture our adventures, Mungo Park's "Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa" is both an education and a delight.
Travels Into the Interior of Africa

Travels Into the Interior of Africa

Mungo Park

Park's two journeys to Africa, in 1795 and 1805, provided Europeans with their first reliable descriptions of that continent's interior. A vivid recollection and the most readable of all the classics of African exploration.
Mungo Park

Mungo Park

Mark Duffill

The story of the Sottish surgeon from the Borders who left home for the uncharted River Niger and survived fever, robbery and capture to write about his extraordinary journeys.
Understanding narrative

Understanding narrative

James Phelan

Offering essays that consider familiar and unfamiliar narratives from Bronte's Shirley to Myra Page's Moscow Yankee, from Mozart's Prague Symphony to Mungo Park's Travels in the Interior of Africa, Understanding Narrative exemplifies the ...
The International Journal of African Historical Studies

The International Journal of African Historical Studies

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By Kenneth Lupton. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Pp. xxii, 272. $19.95. Kenneth Lupton's biography of Britain's first successful West African explorer is the latest in a long list of biographies of Mungo Park. Whereas most of the ...
University of Minnesota Budget for the Fiscal Year

University of Minnesota Budget for the Fiscal Year

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... CRAIG LA IRD PARHAM, WALTER E PARK, GEORGIA K PARK • JOHN HOWARD PARK, MARY J RUMSEY PARK, ROGER C PARKER • CLYDE ALVIN PARKER • GARY N PARKER • JOHN PARKER • LEONARD S PARKER • MARILYN E ...
Straight Shooter: The Brad Park Story

Straight Shooter: The Brad Park Story

Thom Sears

The first and only authorized biography of Park's life and career, Straight Shooter: The Brad Park Story, delves deeper into his legendary success than any book has before, bringing together exclusive, candid insights from Park himself, as ...
Nature Guide to Yosemite National Park

Nature Guide to Yosemite National Park

Ann Simpson

This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Yosemite National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to the animals, plants, insects and more that reside in Yosemite National Park in a colorful and ...
Nature Guide to Yellowstone National Park

Nature Guide to Yellowstone National Park

Ann Simpson

This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Yellowstone National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to the animals, plants, insects and more that reside in Yellowstone National Park in a colorful ...
The Guardian Line--The Seekers, Vol. 1, No 3

The Guardian Line--The Seekers, Vol. 1, No 3

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IT ALL BESAN WITH A AWN NAMEP STEVEN PARK... Wi WE KNOW A STEVEN PARK, TOO. BUT IT CAN'T BE THE SAME GUY, CAN IT? THAT WOULP MAKE HIM OVER A THOUSAND yEARS OLP! 'JTERRUPTING! ANYWAY, PARK ...
Bark Park!

Bark Park!

Trudy Krisher

Come along and play with all of the dogs at Bark Park in this exuberant rhyming picture book that’s a treat for animal lovers of any age. Welcome to Bark Park!
Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park

This collection is a compilation of Park's extensive correspondence, for the period 1910 to 1924, with museum directors, portrait owners, authors, publishers, photographers, art connoisseurs, and a variety of scholarly institutions ...
Reports of cases decided in the Court of Appeals of the ...

Reports of cases decided in the Court of Appeals of the ...

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Concerned with a possible reoccurrence of this disease in a child conceived in the future, Hetty Park and her husband, Steven Park, consulted defendants, the obstetricians who treated Hetty Park during her first pregnancy, to determine the ...
The Ark in the Park: The Story of Lincoln Park Zoo

The Ark in the Park: The Story of Lincoln Park Zoo

Mark Rosenthal

Looks at the development of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, from its beginning in 1868 to the present day.
Riding Griffith Park: Twenty Rides Or Hikes to Enjoy in the Park

Riding Griffith Park: Twenty Rides Or Hikes to Enjoy in the Park

Jim Nichols

Guidebook to the best horseback riding trails in Los Angeles, Calfornia's 4000-acre Griffith Park.
Financial Liberalization and Internationalization: The ...

Financial Liberalization and Internationalization: The ...

Dong Won Ko

JaeYoon Park, supra note 11 18, at 39. 1 145 Id, Soon Poong Park, supra note 1132, at 11. 1144 Jae Yoon Park, supra note 1 1 I8. at 49. "47 See GBA of 1977, art. 7(2). 114* Jae Yoon Park, supra note 1118. at 39. commercial bank was put on ...
Lawrence Park and Wesleyville

Lawrence Park and Wesleyville

Marjorie D. McLean

(Courtesy of Art Bennett.) The Park Dinor in Lawrence Park in August 2004 received the honor of being listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Helping to celebrate this event are, from left to right, (first row) Mr. and Mrs. DeAngelo ...
Hyde Park

Hyde Park

Anthony Mitchell Sammarco

Hyde Park, the last town annexed to Boston in 1912, was founded in 1868 from sections of Dorchester, Milton, and Dedham. For decades, Hyde Park thrived in proximity to the city while offering a bucolic setting along the Neponset River.
House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the ...

House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the ...

Michael Gross

The author of 740 Park presents a portrait of the nouveau-riche area of Central Park's southwest rim and how its high-profile, international residents are redefining the meaning of affluence in today's world.
Westchester: The American Suburb

Westchester: The American Suburb

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Loretta Hoagland, Lawrence Park: Brouxville's Tum-of-the-Century Art Colony ( Bronxville, NY: Lawrence Park Hilltop Association, distributed by Fordham University Press, 1992). Karen Morey Kennedy, Lawrence Park Historic District ...
A Walk in the Meadows at Rosings Park

A Walk in the Meadows at Rosings Park

Mary Lydon Simonsen

His efforts begin with a walk in the meadows at Rosings Park.Language of the Fan - Short Story: While Jane Bennet recuperates at Netherfield Park, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are thrown into each other's company.
Nature Guide to Shenandoah National Park

Nature Guide to Shenandoah National Park

Ann Simpson

This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Shenandoah National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to animals, plants, insects and more that reside in the Shenandoah Valley in a colorful and ...

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