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Escape preceding the arrival
- When
- 1 July 1796
- Where
- Unspecified location of Park's escape
- Part of
- Mungo Park reaches Ségou
On 1 July 1796 Park escaped alone, carrying only his horse and a pocket compass, twenty days before reaching Ségou.
The immediate prelude to Park's arrival at Ségou was his escape on 1 July 1796. He fled alone and with nothing but his horse and a pocket compass, and twenty days later reached the Niger at Ségou. This escape-and-arrival sequence is the sole sourced context for the July 1796 movement leading to the river crossing at Ségou.
Sources
- Mungo Park (explorer) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
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