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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Historical Geography, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Memory is the subject of widespread attention in numerous disciplines. In historical studies in particular, a range of work has explored the role of memory and the processes of memorialisation and of commemoration through which past events had and may continue to have meaning. Relatively little attention has been paid to the place of memory in relation to the history of geographical knowledge. Through an examination of the varied commemoration of the African explorer Mungo Park, and with reference to work in the history of science and in book history, this paper addresses this gap and discusses the implications of work on memory for an understanding of geographical knowledge in historical context. ... Read more

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Son of a farmer, Mungo Park was a Scottish surgeon who left his practice to travel hitherto unexplored Africa. A multi-talented and multi-faceted character, Park's expeditions proved a dramatic contrast to his quiet upbringing in the Scottish Borders. Surviving fever, robbery and capture, Park recorded the story of his travels, bringing a new image of Africa to the European public. His tragic death, when so near his goal, remains shrouded in mystery. ... Read more

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