The road to Timbuktu : down the Niger on the trail of Mungo Park
Fremantle, Tom2005
Book
In the summer of 1795 a young Scot, Mungo Park docked on the Gambia River. So began an extraordinary journey of exploration in West Africa. Tackling fever, starvation, wild beasts & natives, Park soldiered on to his prize, the mysterious Niger. In this book, Tom Fremantle follows the same route.
Main title:
The road to Timbuktu : down the Niger on the trail of Mungo Park / Tom Fremantle.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2005.
Collation:
xx, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310).
ISBN:
9781841199696 (pbk)1841199699 (pbk)
Dewey class:
916.6'2'043
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
9009