1875 AFRICA David Livingstone 1ed Last Journals Voyages African Exploration MAP
“I will go anywhere, provided it be forward.”
― David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in Africa. In this book Livingstone describes his travel and work as a missionary to the indigenous people in Central and South Africa. Through the mid-19th-century, South Africa was completely unknown to Europeans, so Livingstone’s mission brought light to more than just spreading the gospel. The work deals with customs, languages, animal and plant biology, geology, topography, and mineralogy which he kept until his death.
This first American edition of Livingstone’s “Last Journals” is illustrated with 20 full-page engravings, 25 in-text illustrations, and an enormous 72cm x 82cm folding map of Central Africa!
1875 AFRICA David Livingstone 1ed Last Journals Voyages African Exploration MAP
“I will go anywhere, provided it be forward.”
― David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in Africa. In this book Livingstone describes his travel and work as a missionary to the indigenous people in Central and South Africa. Through the mid-19th-century, South Africa was completely unknown to Europeans, so Livingstone’s mission brought light to more than just spreading the gospel. The work deals with customs, languages, animal and plant biology, geology, topography, and mineralogy which he kept until his death.
This first American edition of Livingstone’s “Last Journals” is illustrated with 20 full-page engravings, 25 in-text illustrations, and an enormous 72cm x 82cm folding map of Central Africa!
Item number: #40945
Price: $550
[LIVINGSTONE, David]; WALLER, Horace
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa. From Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Five to His Death. Continued by a Narrative of His Last Moments and Sufferings, Obtained from His Faithful Servants Chuma and Susi, with Portrait, Maps, and Illustrations.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1875. First American edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete
- [2], 541, [1], 4
- 48 illustrations
- Frontispiece engraving
- 20 woodcut plates
- 25 in-text woodcuts
- Double-page map
- Large folding map (29in x 32.75in)
- Language: English
- Provenance: Bookplate – Elijah T. Fletcher
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Red cloth
- Size: ~ 9.5in X 6in (23.5cm x 15cm)
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40945
Category
Voyages & Exploration & Maps
Authors
[LIVINGSTONE, David]; WALLER, Horace
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete