num_pages: 144
description: Son of a farmer, Mungo Park was a Scottish surgeon who left his practice to travel to hitherto unexplored Africa. A multi-talented and multi-faceted character, Park's expeditions proved a dramatic contrast to his quiet upbringing in the Scottish Borders. Surviving fever, robbery and capture, Park recorded the story of his travels, bringing a new image of Africa to the European public. His tragic death, when so near his goal, remains shrouded in mystery.
language: English
title: Mungo Park: Writher Surgeon and West African Explorer
titlecomplete: Mungo Park: Writher Surgeon and West African Explorer (Scots' Lives)
characters: Mungo Park
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Natl Museums of Scotland