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 John Murray, London, 1857

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8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 687 + adverts. First Edition. In very good condition. Original brown cloth boards with blindstamped decoration and gilt title on the spine. Light shelf-wear as expected with age and handling; slight bumping on the corners and very faint tears on the top and bottom of the spine. Pages themselves are clean with light foxing; no significant marks or creases. Protective tissue guard over an engraved portrait of Livingstone, with a reproduction of Livingstone's signature. Complete with 47 engraved plates including frontispiece and fold-out map at the back. First blank page blind-stamped in top right corner by previous bookseller. David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. 'Missionary Travels' is one of the great classics of African travel. When Livingstone returned to England after sixteen years in Africa, he was immediately awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal. He made two long journeys north try to find a better station for the mission to operate from. He later travelled to Lake Ngami and, most importantly, in the years 1854-6, he made his great crossing of Africa from Luanda on the west coast to Quelimane on the east. All of this is recorded in his account. Seller Inventory # 036468

Bibliographic Details

Title: Missionary Travels and Researches in South ...

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1857

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition