Majestic River : Mungo Park and the Exploration of the Niger /: Mungo Park and the Exploration of the Niger. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles W. J. Withers.
• Authors: Withers, Charles W. J
• Contents: List of illustrations -- Note on names and spelling -- Note on the maps -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: 'Still but a wide extended blank' -- 1 'Its final destination is still unknown' -- 2 'The bustle of life' -- 3 'Geographer enough' -- 4 'The language of truth' -- 5 'The enlargement of our geographical knowledge' -- 6 'Once more saw the Niger rolling' -- 7 'To do justice to Mr Park's memory' -- 8 'Collect all possible information' -- 9 'Quorra, Quolla, Kowarra, and others similar' -- 10 'The greatest geographical discovery' -- 11 'The river is not correctly laid down' -- 12 'This celebrated African traveller' -- 13 'Cool, impassioned, cowardly, courageous' -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Birlinn
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 910.92; Explorers -- Scotland -- Biography; Explorers -- Africa -- Biography; Discoveries in geography -- British; Explorers; Niger River -- Discovery and exploration -- British; Africa; Niger River; Scotland; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788855663; 9781788855662
• Related ISBNs: 1780277997; 9781780277998
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2023).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.