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Africa - Discovery and exploration

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    Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

    African Association | Date: 1790
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    A historical & philosophical sketch of the discoveries & settlements of the Europeans in northern & western Africa, at the close of the eighteenth century

    Leyden, John, 1775-1811. | Date: 1799
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    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, Surgeon.

    Park, Mungo, 1771-1806. | Date: 1800

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Africa - Description and travel

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