1858 David Livingstone Missionary Travels Illustrated
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1858 David Livingstone Missionary Travels Illustrated AFRICA MAPS Angola Voyages
“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”
― David Livingstone
A rare first American edition of David Livingstone’s “Missionary Travels.” 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 complete 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.
“The geographical results of his journeys were of supreme importance, and made it possible to fill in great stretches of the maps of Central Africa which hitherto had been blank” (Printing and Mind of Man 341).
Livingstone discovered the Zambesi River and Victoria Falls (which he named), parts of Angola, and Mozambique, and met with and observed the Hottentot. He was also able to discover some of the most devastating instances of slave trade, which propelled his abolitionist ideals.
Item number: #4736
Price: $399
LIVINGSTONE, David
Missionary travels and researches in South Africa : and a journey from the Cape to Loanda on the West coast, thence across the continent, down the river Zambesi to the Eastern ocean.
New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1858. First American edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[xiv], 440
Illustrated throughout
References: Abbey Travel 347; PMM 341;
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Size: ~8in X 6in (20cm x 15cm)
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“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”
― David Livingstone
A rare first American edition of David Livingstone’s “Missionary Travels.” 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 complete 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.
“The geographical results of his journeys were of supreme importance, and made it possible to fill in great stretches of the maps of Central Africa which hitherto had been blank” (Printing and Mind of Man 341).
Livingstone discovered the Zambesi River and Victoria Falls (which he named), parts of Angola, and Mozambique, and met with and observed the Hottentot. He was also able to discover some of the most devastating instances of slave trade, which propelled his abolitionist ideals.
Item number: #4736
Price: $399
LIVINGSTONE, David
Missionary travels and researches in South Africa : and a journey from the Cape to Loanda on the West coast, thence across the continent, down the river Zambesi to the Eastern ocean.
New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1858. First American edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[xiv], 440
Illustrated throughout
References: Abbey Travel 347; PMM 341;
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Size: ~8in X 6in (20cm x 15cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
4736
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