NMLP P-036046 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Mungo Park · Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author; sold by G. and W. Nicol (London) · 1799
The true first edition is a quarto printed by the fine press of W. Bulmer and Co. for the author and sold by G. and W. Nicol, with a stipple-engraved portrait of Park by Dickinson after Henry Edridge, three engraved folding maps (the map of Park's route colored in outline), five further engraved plates, and two engraved plates of music setting 'A Negro Song' encountered on the travels for voice and piano
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036046 for "Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797" by Mungo Park (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036046, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).