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IRELAND'S NAZIS: Ireland's Nazis (Part 2 of 2)

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Park, Mungo (1771–1806)

Scottish explorer who traced the course of the Niger River 1795–97. He disappeared and probably drowned during a second African expedition 1805–06. He published Travels in the Interior of Africa (1799).

Park spent 18 months in the Niger Basin while tracing the river. Even though he did not achieve his goal of reaching Timbuktu, he proved that it was feasible to travel through the interior of Africa.


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1 December 1955
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