1857 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Rebound

First edition, rebound in blue cloth. 

Illustrated with a folding frontispiece, twenty-four black-and-white plates, one folding plate, in-text illustrations, and a folding map of South Africa with Dr Livingstone's travel routes to rear.

'Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa' by David Livingstone is a written recollection of the author's travels and experiences while traversing various different regions of Africa. Livingstone's decision to publish the travelogue with John Murray was seen as an unconventional choice, but it quickly became a bestseller. This text is said to include field science alongside 'exceptionally sympathetic descriptions of African people'.

David Livingstone was a famous British physician, explorer, and Christian missionary. He spent much of his life trying to solve an 'age-old mystery' about the Nile River that would bring him the fame to end the African Slave Trade. Unfortunately, his explorations ultimately led to a larger colonial presence in Africa. 

Collated, complete.