What is Mungo Park (explorer)?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Mungo Park |image = Mungo Park portrait bw.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = Mungo Park (explorer) |birth_date = 11 September 1771 |birth_place = [[Selkirkshire]], [[Scotland]] |death_date = 1806 (aged 35) |death_place = [[Bussa, Nigeria]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = British |field = [[Exploration]]<br/>[[Surgery]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = [[University of Edinburgh]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = Exploration of African continent |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |footnotes = |signature = }} [[File:Mungo Park commemorative medal.JPG|left|thumb|Mungo Park commemorative medal]] '''Mungo Park''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] explorer of [[Africa]]. He was born in [[Foulshiels]] near [[Selkirk]] on September 11, 1771 and died in 1806 in [[Yelwa]], [[Nigeria]]. He was the first Westerner (person from the [[Western Hemisphere]]) to visit the higher parts of the [[Niger River]]. In January 1806, on his second journey to explore the River Nigeria, his boat was overwhelmed in a native attack and in an attempt to escape, he jumped into the river and got drowned, ending his life at the age of 35. ==Other websites== {{commons-inline|Mungo Park}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Mungo}} [[Category:1771 births]] [[Category:1806 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by drowning]] [[Category:Boating accident deaths]] [[Category:Scottish explorers]] [[Category:People from Scottish Borders]] {{bio-stub}}