Person1771–1806
Mungo Park
Scottish physician and explorer of West Africa, the first European to reach the Niger (1796); he died on the Niger during his second expedition. Sources give his date of birth as 10 or 11 September.
- Dates
- between 10 September and 11 September 1771 – 1806
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Africa
- In the threads
- The world in the Age of Revolution
Events
- Mungo Park’s first expedition to the Niger2 December 1795 – 10 June 1797 · Africa