TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Mungo Park's ghost : the haunted hubris of British explorers in nineteenth-century Africa A1 - Kennedy, Dane Keith, kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2024 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5692796 AB - "The British sent two large expeditions to Africa in 1816, one to follow the Niger River to its outlet, the other to trace the Congo River to its source. The forgotten story of their disastrous failures is a revealing case study of the hubris that spurred the exploration of Africa"-- SN - 9781009392983 kovakantinen KW - Park, Mungo, : 1771-1806. KW - Explorers : Great Britain : History. KW - British : Africa : History. KW - Africa, West : Discovery and exploration : British. KW - Niger River : Discovery and exploration : British. KW - Congo River : Discovery and exploration : British. ER -