Mungo Park, the Scottish surgeon-explorer who twice attempted to trace the Niger River for the British government, drowned at Bussa Rapids in present-day Nigeria in 1806 during his second expedition — never knowing he had correctly identified the river's eastward course. The Gambia River was his entry point on his first journey in 1795, making the Gambian connection geographically legitimate rather than arbitrary.
This issue is part of a broader 1994 commemorative program tied to exploration anniversaries, struck in .925 silver at a time when the Gambian dalasi was under significant inflationary pressure.
Mungo Park, the Scottish surgeon-explorer who twice attempted to trace the Niger River for the British government, drowned at Bussa Rapids in present-day Nigeria in 1806 during his second expedition — never knowing he had correctly identified the river's eastward course. The Gambia River was his entry point on his first journey in 1795, making the Gambian connection geographically legitimate rather than arbitrary.
This issue is part of a broader 1994 commemorative program tied to exploration anniversaries, struck in .925 silver at a time when the Gambian dalasi was under significant inflationary pressure.