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English: The Mungo Park Monument in Selkirk. At the junction of High Street and Back Row is the Mungo Park Monument, designed and carved by Andrew Currie, 1859. Thomas Clapperton sculpted the bronze panels, 1905, of Park's travels in the Niger regions, and at each corner was added to the original design, voluptuous life-size figures of Peace, War, Slavery and Home Life in the Niger. (Source: Borders and Berwick, An Architectural Guide by Charles Alexander Strang).
Mungo Park was born at Foulshiels (see 505383) in 1771, 4 miles from Selkirk in the Yarrow Valley and is known for his travels in Africa. He was killed at Boussa on the Niger in 1805. An inscription on the monument records this, while a second inscription is dedicated to his companions, and reads: THIS INSCRIPTION IS TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF MUNGO PARK'S COMPANIONS DURING HIS SECOND EXPEDITION ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.D. SELKIRK DIED AT SANSANDING ON THE NIGER 28TH OCTOBER 1805. AND GEORGE SCOTT, SINGLIE, SELKIRK DIED AUGUST 1805. ALSO OF THOMAS PARK, SON OF MUNGO PARK DIED IN AQUAMBRO W AFRICA IN 1827 WHILE ENDEAVOURING TO OBTAIN TRACE OF HIS DISTINGUISHED FATHER |
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| Author | Walter Baxter |
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