April 12, 2024
1874 - Life and Explorations of David Livingston - Victorian era Exploration
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THE STORY OF THE BRAVE SCOTCHMAN:LIFE AND EXPLORATIONSOFDAVID LIVINGSTON,LL.D, D.C.L.THE GREAT MISSIONARY EXPLORERIN THEINTERIOR OF AFRICA :COMPRISINGALL HIS EXTENSIVE TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIESAS DETAILED INHIS DIARY, REPORTS AND LETTERSAND INCLUDING HIS FAMOUSLAST JOURNALSWITH FAC-SIMILE OF THE DOCTOR’S LAST ENTRIES IN HIS OWN HHAND-WRITING, AND THE TOUCHING NARRATIVE OF HIS DEATH ON THE BANKS OF THE MOLILAMO, THE RETURN OF HIS REMAINS TO ENGLAND, THEIR BURIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, AND HIS LAST LETTERS TO HIS FRIENDS,TOGETHER WITHTHE EXPLORATIONS OF BARTH, BAKER, SPEKE, DU CHAILLU,AND OTHERS, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THEHERALD-STANLEY EXPEDITIONWITH MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONSST LOUIS , CINCINNATI , AND CHICAGO :VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY1874Being offered at auction is a scarce 1874 1 st edition published of the “Life and Explorations of David Livingston. . . .” into the interior of Africa . Valley Publishing Co., To date we have been able to locate only 1 volume of this work dated 1875 – not a 1 st edition. As the title page shows, this is a very comprehensive work drawing from Livingston ’s diaries, reports and letters and includes his “Famous Last Journals.” Accounts of other African explorers are also given including the ‘Herald-Stanley Expedition. Illustrated & with maps. Collectible.CONDITION : 1874. Hardbound in original brown
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