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Ad Campaign Disabled   Mungo Park? While exploring a particularly wild region of Africa, Mungo Park happened upon a gibbet. Was he horrified? Not at all. "The sight of it," he later remarked, "gave me infinite pleasure - as it proved that I was in a civilized society." Park, Mungo (1771-1806) Scottish explorer of Africa [noted for his African expeditions (the first of which he chronicled in Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (1799), and the second of which led to his death by drowning during an attack by natives)] [Sources: E. Fuller, 2500 Anecdotes] More Mungo Park anecdotes Related Anecdote Keywords: Executions Civilization Irony Crime African Exploration Africa Exploration View/add Comments [0] 10987654321 Ratings: 9.40 [45 vote(s)]

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