Mungo Park (explorer)

Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of Africa. He was born in Foulshiels near Selkirk on September 11, 1771 and died in 1806 in Yelwa, Nigeria. He was the first European to visit the higher parts of the Niger River.

In January 1806, on his second journey to explore the River Nigeria, his boat was overwhelmed in a native attack and in an attempt to escape, he jumped into the river and got drowned, ending his life at the age of 35.

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