Mungo Park (Noun)
Meaning
Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer who led two expeditions to West Africa in the late 18th century.
- The British government sponsored Mungo Park's first expedition to Africa in 1795 to explore the Niger River.
- Mungo Park's second expedition to Africa in 1805 was also sponsored by the British government, but it ended in tragedy.
- Mungo Park was the first European to explore the Niger River and reach the city of Timbuktu.
- The journals of Mungo Park's expeditions to Africa were widely read and helped to fuel European interest in African exploration.