Livingstone and His African Explorations: Together With a Full Account of the Young, Stanley, and Dawson Search Expeditions; Chapters on Ancient & Modern Nile Discovery; on the Central African Slave

Samuel Orchart Beeton

ISBN 10: 0371447488 / ISBN 13: 9780371447482

Published by HardPress, 2020

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• Title: Livingstone and His African Explorations: Together With a Full Account of the Young, Stanley, and Dawson Search Expeditions; Chapters on Ancient & Modern Nile Discovery; on the Central African Slave
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371447488
• ISBN 13: 9780371447482
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Livingstone And His African Explorations: Together With A Full Account Of The Young, Stanley, And Dawson Search Expeditions; Chapters On Ancient & Modern Nile Discovery; On The Central African Slave Trade, &C., &C by Samuel Orchart Beeton. This volume gathers a comprehensive portrait of David Livingstone and the era of African exploration. Drawing on Livingstone’s own writings and contemporary reports, it chronicles his early life, missionary work, and the famed Zambesi and Nile watershed journeys, including the Nyassa and Tanganyika regions, the discovery of the Nile’s true source, and the famed debate among explorers such as Speke, Grant, Baker, Burton, and Baker. It also covers the Young and Dawson search expeditions for Livingstone and Stanley’s dramatic relief mission. Beyond geography, the book addresses the central African slave trade, Arab traders, and humanitarian concerns, offering a biographical arc of Livingstone’s life and a broader history of exploration in the age of empire. The contents span Modern Nile explorers, Livingstone’s parentage, initial explorations, Central African expeditions, Nile discoveries, lake countries, and the Stanley-Livingstone reunification, providing both narrative and analysis of scientific and ethical dimensions of exploration.