Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, From 1865 to - Continued By a Narrative of His Last Moments Sufferings, Obtained

Klappentext Published in 1874, this account of Livingstone's last expedition includes his famous 1871 meeting with the journalist Henry Morton Stanley. Zusammenfassung David Livingstone (1813–73) was a nineteenth-century British explorer and missionary. His 1866 search for the source of the Nile forms the core of this two-volume diary, published posthumously in 1874. Volume 1 describes Livingstone's journey from Zanzibar to Ujiji, and his famous meeting with the journalist Henry Morton Stanley. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Arrival at Zanzibar; 2. Effect of Pioneer's former visit; 3. Horrors of the slave-trader's track; 4. Geology and description of the Waiyau land; 5. Crosses Cape Maclear; 6. Progress northwards; 7. Crosses the Loangwa; 8. Chitapangwa's parting oath; 9. Peace negotiations with Nsama; 10. Grand reception of the traveller; 11. Riot in the camp; 12. Prepares to examine Lake Bemba; 13. Cataracts of the Kalongosi.

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• Authors: David Livingstone
• Assisted by: Horace Waller (Editor), Waller Horace (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781108032612
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03261-2
• No. of pages: 396
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his Death 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Africa / Central, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, Geographical discovery & exploration, Central Africa, African History, Geographical discovery and exploration, Diaries, letters and journals, Classic Travel Writing, TRAVEL / Africa / Central