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Etymology. Commercial activity along the river front at Boubon, in Niger. The Niger has different names in the different languages of the region: Fula: Maayo Jaaliba 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤮 𞤔𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭𞤦𞤢. Manding: Jeliba ߖߋ߬ߟߌߓߊ߬ or Joliba ߖߏ߬ߟߌߓߊ߬ "great river". Tuareg: Eġərəw n-Igərǝwăn ...
On 26 September 1794, Mungo Park offered his services to the African Association, then looking for a successor to Major Daniel Houghton, who had been sent in 1790 to discover the course of the Niger River and had died in the Sahara. Supported by Sir Joseph Banks, Park was selected. [3]
Richard Lemon Lander (8 February 1804 – 6 February 1834) was a British explorer of western Africa. He and his brother John were the first Europeans to follow the course of the River Niger, and discover that it led to the Atlantic. [1] Biography.
21 paź 2019 · In 1795 the Association appointed Mungo Park to explore the course of the River Niger—until Houghton had reported that the Niger flowed from West to East, it was believed that the Niger was a tributary of either the river Senegal or Gambia.
12 wrz 2023 · The web page explores the myths and facts surrounding the discovery of the River Niger, the third longest river in Africa. It mentions Mungo Park as the first European to trace the course of the Niger, but also acknowledges the uncertainty and mystery of its origin.
Mungo Park (born Sept. 10, 1771, Fowlshiels, Selkirk, Scot.—died c. January 1806, near Bussa on the Niger River [now in Nigeria]) was a Scottish explorer of the Niger. Educated as a surgeon at the University of Edinburgh , Park was appointed a medical officer in 1792 on a vessel engaged in the East Indies trade.
Scottish physician Mungo Park would conduct two expeditions to West Africa in the late 1790s and early 1800s, in search of the legendary city of Timbuktu. He would become the first European to reach the Niger River.
