What was the kingdom that Mansfield Parkyns traveled around and is also known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopian Empire The Ethiopian Empire (Amharic: ), also known as Abyssinia (derived from the Arabic "al-Habash"), was a kingdom that spanned a geographical area in the current state of Ethiopia. It existed from approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe dynasty) until 1974, when the Solomonic dynasty was overthrown in a coup d'état.
Ntokou-Pikounda National Park Ntokou-Pikounda National Park is a 4572 km2 protected area in the Congo Basin of the Republic of the Congo. The park is known as the "Green Abyss" from J. Michael Fay's MegaTransect. The park was created primarily to protect an estimated population of 15,000 lowland gorillas on 28 December 2012 when the Congolese Ministerial Council and President Denis Sassou Nguesso adopted the Decree Establishing the Ntokou-Pikounda National Park. The park also has an estimated 8,000 forest elephants and 950 chimpanzees. The towns and villages surrounding the park have a combined population of 25,000-30,000 people, and few service exist for tourists.