NMLP P-036048 · 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 book's immediate popularity led to three separate printings within 1799 alone and rapid translation into French and German, so the Bulmer/Nicol quarto collation described above is the benchmark for identifying a genuine 1799 first-year printing rather than a later abridged reprint
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036048 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-036048, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).