How did men like mungo park promote imperialism?

Mungo Park was a Scottish adventurer of West Africa. He was the primary Westerner known to have made a trip to the focal part of the Niger River, this initiated and paved the way for European exploration and misuse of Western Africa. Mungo Park's record of his adventures is still in print. He died in 1806.

the award is named for an american naval historian and theorist, rear admiral alfred thayer mahan, united states navy who, through his writing, provided stimulus and guidance to those who share in the defense of the nation.