[Mungo Park] Second voyage of Mungo Park into the interior o - Lot 54

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[Mungo Park] Second voyage of Mungo Park into the interior o - Lot 54
[Mungo Park] Second voyage of Mungo Park into the interior of Africa during the year 1805, preceded by a historical and biographical note on the death of this famous traveler, composed according to official and particular documents relating to this voyage and communicated by his family, translated from the English on the second edition with additions taken from the Narrative of Robert Adams in Africa in 1810. Paris, Dentu, 1820. 1 vol. in-8, half calf, spine cold-stamped with a figure of a ship - Small scratches of leather and paper - VII [1], CLXXI, 245 pp. with portrait, folding map and 8 pll. ht. - After a first incomplete exploration of the Niger River in 1795-1795, the Scottish traveler Mungo Park was sent back to Africa for a second exploration of the Niger from which he did not return. The present volume is based on his daily notes, on the mission orders given to him before his departure and on the account of the Mandic priest Isaac.
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