Old Photograph Mungo Park's Surgery Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of Mungo Park's Surgery in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The middle building was used by Mungo Park. He practised here as a physician from 1801 to 1804, in between his two great African journeys to explore the River Niger. He never returned, as in 1806 the party was drowned after boating 1,000 miles downstream, when they capsized in rapids with hostile natives attacking from the river bank. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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