Travels into the Interior of Africa PDF

Mungo Parks account of his journeys into West Africa in 1795 and again in 1805 provided Europeans with their first reliable description of the interior of the continent. Though he failed in the object of his mission -to chart the course of the Niger River -he succeeded in leaving a unique record of everyday life before the exploitation of Africa by Europeans, as valuable today as it was then. His first-hand experiences of tribal justice, gold mining and the slave trade are recorded, as well as his own understated heroism, a story of courage, open-hearted friendship and betrayal.

Bonhams : LEVAILLANT (FRANCOIS) Travels … Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by Way of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Years 1780 and 85, 3 vol., second edition, 12 engraved plates, 1796; New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, 3 vol., 22 engraved plates, one large folding map hand-coloured in outline, 1796, Fasque bookplate, contemporary calf, flat gilt-tooled spines