Daniel Boone vs Mungo Park
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Compare the life timelines of Daniel Boone (1734–1820) and Mungo Park (1771–1806) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 35 years, from 1771 to 1806.
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Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
- — Born near Reading, Pennsylvania Verified
- — Family moved to the Yadkin River valley in North Carolina Verified
- — Married Rebecca Bryan Verified
- — Made his first long hunt into Kentucky Verified
- — Blazed the Wilderness Road and founded Boonesborough Verified
- — Captured by Shawnee warriors and adopted into the tribe Verified
- — Helped defend Boonesborough during a Shawnee siege Verified
- — Served in the Virginia General Assembly Verified
- — Moved to Missouri after losing his Kentucky land claims Verified
- — Died at his son's home in Missouri Verified
Mungo Park (1771–1806)
- — Born at Foulshiels near Selkirk, Scotland Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Sailed to Sumatra as assistant surgeon on the Worcester Verified
- — Began his first expedition to West Africa for the African Association Verified
- — Reached the Niger River at Ségou Verified
- — Published Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa Verified
- — Married Allison Anderson and settled as a physician in Peebles Verified
- — Departed on a second, government-sponsored Niger expedition Verified
- — Died at the Bussa rapids on the Niger River Verified