Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1858. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], x-xxiv, [1], 2-755, [1], [4] (page of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Rebound in recent brown cloth with gold lettering and gold decorations on the spine. Later endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a double-page illustration, a folding chart, numerous full-page illustrations, and two folding maps at the end of the volume. Also with the image of the tse-tse fly on the title page. Completing the title page: "And a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. Mendelssohn 908. PMM 341. Livingstone's publications are of great importance in the history of travel and exploration. The author is remembered as a passionate missionary, an explorer, and an ardent opponent of the slave trade. This book is an account of Livingstone's exploration of Lake Ngami, the Zambesi River, and Victoria Falls (or Mosioatunya, the name the waterfall had before Livingstone arrived). The author also recounts his conversations and interactions with the chiefs Sebituane and Sekeletu, and includes some ethnographic details of the African people he met during his travels. One of Livingstone's most important books, widely regarded as a classic of its kind and an essential part of any serious collection of books on travel and exploration. Near Fine. Item #000015214
One folding map with a crease to its flap, overall a sharp example.
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