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This is mostly overlapping with Travels in the Interior of Africa (Mungo Park’s own account of his first expedition to Africa from 1795-1797) but in addition there is an introduction on Park's early life and travel to Sumatra, his return to England after his first Africa expedition, his friendship with Joseph Banks and Sir Walter Scott, and the narrative of the second Africa expedition (in 1805) based on letters and journal entries that have survived. Interesting how this book sparked a discussion between defenders and protesters of the slave trade, each group finding that Mungo Park's narrative supported their particular views.
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