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Events on Friday 22 May 1795 1
1795Mungo Park departs to explore the Niger RiverScottish explorer sets out to trace the river's courseScottish explorer Mungo Park sailed from Portsmouth on an expedition commissioned by the African Association to find the course of the Niger River. He reached the Gambia River in June and pressed inland, eventually becoming the first European to confirm the Niger's eastward flow. His journey later made him one of the era's most celebrated explorers.