1805Event
Mungo Park discovers the Niger flows eastward
Mungo Park, journeying from Timbuktu to the Niger in 1805, was the first European to discover that the river flowed to the east.
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1805
Mungo Park discovers the Niger flows eastward
Mungo Park, journeying from Timbuktu to the Niger in 1805, was the first European to discover that the river flowed to the east.
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Mungo Park, journeying from Timbuktu to the Niger in 1805, was the first European to discover that the river flowed to the east. Killed at the rapids at Bussa, he could not follow it to its termination.