Mr M. Park.
- Art / Print / Poster
- Used
Seller: Altea Antique Maps, London, United KingdomAltea Antique Maps
AbeBooks seller since June 26, 2014
Condition: Used
US$ 204.38
Quantity: 1 available
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London: G. Nichol, 1799. Stipple engraving. Sheet 270 x 210mm. A fine stipple engraved oval portrait of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1774-1806), engraved by Thomas Dickinson after Edridge and published as the frontispiece to his 'Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa'. Under the patronage of Sir Joseph Banks and the African Association, Park travelled to Africa to seek the source of the River Niger (1795-7). His expedition was delayed by captivity and illness (he spent seven months convalescing in a man's home), and he was believed dead when he returned to Britain. His detailed account of his travels gave Europeans one of the first accurate descriptions of the African interior and its inhabitants. He wrote that the Mandinka he met being taken to the European slave ships believed they were going to be eaten by the whites! His summation that 'whatever difference there is between the negro and European, in the conformation of the nose, and the colour of the skin, there is none in the genuine sympathies and characteristic feelings of our common nature' did much for the Abolitionist cause. Park returned to the Niger in 1805; this time his luck deserted him and he drowned trying to escape a native attack.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Mr M. Park.
- Author
- EDRIDGE, Henry.
- Publication year
- 1799
Altea Antique Maps
London, United Kingdom
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Antique Map Dealer, since 1992, specialist in: Original Antique Maps, Rare Maps, Sea Charts, Antique Prints, Wall Maps, Celestial Maps, Globes and Atlases. Our Gallery is located in the center of London opposite Sotheby's auction house, between Oxford Circus and Bond Street. Visitors are welcome, our opening ours are: Monday-Friday 10 am to 6 PM, Saturdays 10 AM to 4 PM.
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