欧洲人的探险持续了三个世纪,最先是海路勘察,西班牙、葡萄牙的航海家在15世纪环绕世界航行,继而是英国人詹姆斯·库克等在18世纪陆续考察各大陆的沿海地区,同时伴随着18世纪的内陆探险活动,芒戈·帕克在大英帝国风光无限的“海上拓殖”年代式微后,掀起了一股陆路旅行热潮,他继续前辈的足迹,独自横贯当时在地图上尚未标明的非洲大陆。1799年,帕克的游记《非洲内陆之旅》发行,初版的1500本在两周内售罄,当年即加印;法、德译本及美国版本出现。《非洲内陆之旅》一面世,就成为欧洲旅游文学 European exploration lasted for three centuries, the first is the sea survey, Spain, Portugal sailed around the world in the 15th century voyage, followed by the British James Cook and so on in the 18th century after another inspection of coastal areas of various continents, accompanied by With its 18th-century inland adventure, Munger Parker set off a wave of land-journeys after the infamous Age of Colonization of the British Empire. He continued his predecessors’ footsteps and traversed the map that was then on the map Indicate the continent of Africa. In 1799, Parker’s travelogue “Inland Africa Journey” was released. The first edition of 1500 copies was sold out in two weeks and was printed in the same year; French and German versions and the American version appeared. The “Inland Africa Tour” became European tourism literature as soon as it became available