The Life and Labors of David Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L., Covering His Entire Career in Southern and Central Africa. Carefully Prepared from the Most Authentic Sources, viz.: His Own Two Large Volumes, "South Africa," and "The Zambesi Expedition," His "Last Journals" (Edited by Horace Waller), the Reports of the London Geographical Society, the Works of His Contemporaries, and Various Other Writings Bearing Upon the Subject, a Thrilling Narrative of the Adventure, Discoveries, Experiences and Achievements of the Greatest Explorer of Modern Times in a Wild and Wonderful Country...
Chicago: Hubbard Bros. / C.B. Beach & Company, 1875. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2317593
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805, [9] pp. ...Including his early life, preparation for his life-work, a sketch of Africa as known before his going there, the entire record of his heroic undertakings, hazards, hardships, triumphs, his discovery by H. M. Stanley, his lonely death, faithful self-devotion of his native servants, return of the remains, burial, etc.; concluding with a clear and concise survey of the continent touching its agricultural, commercial and missionary promise, the Nile mystery, etc., as gathered from the works of Livingstone, Baker, Speke, Grant, Barth, Sweinfurth, etc., etc. The whole rendered clear and plain by a most accurate map of the whole region explored and the routes clearly indicated.
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