Performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796 and 1797. With an appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell.First edition. 3 engraved folding maps (1 with route coloured in outline), portrait & 5 engraved plates. 4to. Contemporary calf with gilt decorated borders and spine & inner gilt dentelles. Joints rubbed, with short split to upper front joint. xxviii,372, xcii, [ii]pp. 2 plates of music. London, Printed for the author, 1799.
Park was the first European to reach the Niger. His “Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages. It has become a classic of travel literature, and it’s scientific observations on the botany and the meteorology of the region… have remained of lasting value” (Printing & the Mind of Man).Cox I, 394-95; Ibrahim Hilmy II, 93; Graesse V, 136.
