Pisania (trading post)
Pisania was a small village and trading post in what is now The Gambia. It is noted for being a feature on the journeys of explorers Mungo Park and Daniel Houghton.
History
Pisania was located in the Kingdom of Yany. It was established by British traders as a factory for trade, and was to be inhabited solely by them and their black servants. It was situated on the banks of the River Gambia, 16 miles to the north of Jonkakonda. In 1795, the only white residents were Dr John Laidley and two brothers with the surname Ainslie.[1] Mungo Park stayed in Pisania from July through to October 1795, and returned there in 1797 on his return.[2]
Pisania was renamed as Karantaba by 1826.[2][3] In his 1842 expedition, Governor Thomas Lewis Ingram passed by Pisania. He noted that the ruins of the factor were still visible from the river side, although at that point there no inhabitants anymore.[4]
References
- ^ Park, Mungo (2002). Travels in the Interior of Africa. London: Wordsworth Classics (published 1799). p. 6.
- ^ a b "Mungo Park's Travel Case From Gambia, Arrives UK". Kairaba News. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "West Africa. (3) 'A Chart of the River Gambia from its Entrance to Pisanea [Pisania (now..." National Archives. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Ingram, Thomas Lewis (1847). "Abridged Account of an Expedition of about 200 Miles up the Gambia, by Governor Ingram". The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 17: 150–155. JSTOR 1798169.