LIVINGSTONE, David, Dr. (1813-1873). Autograph document signed (“David Livingstone”), 7 February 1866.

One-page, square 12mo (6 x 6 ¼”), old folds, mounted to old album stock with an unknown cut signature mounted below, few small stains. An unknown hand writes an affidavit that certifies Livingstone's accommodation at the “Tables of the Africa Commanding H.M. Steamer Thule” from the 3rd of January to the 5th of February 1866, SIGNED BY LIVINGSTONE. This document relates to Livingstone's final journey to Africa and covers a period during which Livingstone was sailing on a ship called the Thule to Zanzibar. This document was previously unknown to Livingstone Online at University of Maryland Libraries - the depository of the largest archive related to Livingstone. Livingstone was a British missionary and explorer in Africa who wanted to abolish slavery. His fame came when he traveled to Africa to look for the sources of the Niles, eventually losing contact with the outside world for six years. Henry M. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent to find him in 1869, eventually locating him on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on 10 November 1871. Stanley greeted him with the now famous words: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”.

[With:] a cut signature of Henry M. Stanley, the famous explorer notable for his exploration in Central Africa and his search for Dr. Livingston, mounted on heavy cardstock. [With:] a rare 4pp. prospectus (17 x 11 ¾”) for Henry Davenport Northrop's “Stanley in the Wilds of Africa and How Rescued Emin Pasha”. This was perhaps published under the title “Wonders of the Tropics” in 1889.