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Mungo Park's Ghost: The Haunted Hubris of British Explorers in Nineteenth-Century Africa

Mungo Park's Ghost: The Haunted Hubris of British Explorers in Nineteenth-Century Africa

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Format: Hardback
Length: 270 pages
Publication date: 25 January 2024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The British sent two large expeditions to Africa in 1816, one to follow the Niger River to its outlet, the other to trace the Congo River to its source. The forgotten story of their disastrous failures is a revealing case study of the hubris that spurred the exploration of Africa.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 147 x 224 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009392983

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