Project Gutenberg 2007-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 299 Kingston, William Henry Giles 1814 1880 Kingston, W. H. G. Kingston, W.H.G. Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley" by W.H.G. Kingston is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work chronicles the journeys and explorations of notable African travellers who ventured into the continent's interior, most significantly highlighting the quests to uncover the sources of major rivers such as the Nile and the Niger. The narrative draws on the lives of various explorers, discussing both their triumphant and tragic encounters with African tribes and the treacherous conditions they faced. The beginning of the book provides an introductory perspective on the misconceptions and limited knowledge that Europeans held about Africa at the onset of the 19th century. Kingston outlines the initial ventures of explorers like Mungo Park, emphasizing their determination to chart the unknown, while illustrating the geographical and cultural challenges they confronted. He sets the stage for a deeper understanding of the interactions between European and African societies during these explorations, foreshadowing the stories of bravery, disaster, and discovery that follow as the narrative unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Africa -- Description and travel Africa -- Discovery and exploration Explorers DT Text Africa Category: Biographies Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Other 867500 2025-08-09T05:50:58.757609 text/html 868007 2007-05-08T18:36:12 text/html 4457966 2025-08-09T05:51:11.766571 application/epub+zip 4462386 2025-08-09T05:51:03.412600 application/epub+zip 396130 2025-08-09T05:51:01.654612 application/epub+zip 4876516 2025-08-09T05:51:17.871478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4858241 2025-08-09T05:51:10.256528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687563 2022-09-10T07:14:24.344601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 849022 2025-08-09T05:50:57.463636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 848725 2007-05-08T18:36:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19304 2025-08-09T05:51:18.004487 application/rdf+xml 26561 2025-08-09T05:51:02.204553 image/jpeg 4838 2025-08-09T05:51:01.941565 image/jpeg 4290698 2007-05-08T18:36:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 321764 2007-05-08T18:36:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 4341199 2025-08-09T05:50:59.086625 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia