MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean.

Livingstone David

Published by London John Murray 1857

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First Edition. Folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 large folding maps including one in the rear pocket, 43 black and white illustrations, many full page. 8vo, publisher s original brown cloth, decorated in all over designs on the covers in blind and lettered in gilt on the spine. x, 687, folding map,8 ads, folding map in rear pocket pp. A very bright and handsome copy, well preserved with very minimal wear to the fragile cloth, a much better copy than normally encountered, inner hinges can be expertly and unbtrusively strengthened and refurbished, and an endleaf restored. FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BINDING. This is the account of Livingstone s first great expedition (1853-56), during which he explored the Zambesi and its Victoria Falls. This first American edition is taller then its English counterpart. It retains all of the illustrations, though arranged a bit differently. AN IMPORTANT PMM ENTRY. One of the most important of all 19th century books on African exploration, this title is listed in Printing and the Mind of Man. ".David Livingstone, the Scottish medical missionary, is known to history as the greatest explorer of his age and a dedicated humanitarian who devoted his life to the eradication of the African slave trade. He was a national hero to his contemporaries and time has confirmed his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the eminent Victorians, both in his achievement and in his influence." - George Myrtle " In this literary tour de force Livingstone exhibited impressive gifts as a descriptive write, a sharp sense of humour and an instinctive feeling for what people who knew nothing of Africa would find interesting.", David Livingstone and the Victorian encounter with Africa, National Portrait Gallery, p.37.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean.
• Publisher: London John Murray 1857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition