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Informationen zum Autor David Was the Husband of Mary Moffat Livingstone, A Member of the Notable Moffat Missionary Family of The 18th Century. Livingstone's Mythic Status Was Multifaceted: Protestant Missionary Martyr, Working-Class "Rags-To-Riches" Inspirational Story, Scientific Investigator and Explorer, Imperial Reformer, Anti-Slavery Crusader, And Supporter of British Commercial and Colonial Expansion. Neil Livingstone (1788-1856) and his wife Agnes (née Hunter; 1782-1865) had seven children, the second of whom was him David began working at the cotton mill of Henry Monteith & Co. in Blantyre Works when he was ten years old. Klappentext Published in 1874! this record of Livingstone's last expedition also includes an account of his final illness and death. 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 2 spans the last two years of Livingstone's life, and includes additional details given by his two attendants. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Bad beginning of the new year; 2. Prepares to explore River Lualaba; 3. Footsteps of Moses; 4. Degraded state of the Manyuema; 5. The Chitoka or market gathering; 6. Leaves for Ujiji; 7. Determines to continue his work; 8. Letters arrive at last; 9. Short years in Buganda; 10. False guides; 11. Entangled amongst the marshes of Bangweolo; 12. Dr. Livingstone rapidly sinking; 13. They begin the homeward march for Ilala.
