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David Livingstone: His Life and Letters

by George Seaver

Pages: 650

Contributors: George Seaver

Publisher: Harper & Brothers

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1957

Subjects: Livingstone, David,--1813-1873

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Maps

Preface

Chapter Two Glasgow and London 1836-1840

Chapter Three Rio De Janeiro and Kuruman 1840-1841

Chapter Four Preliminary Journeys 1842-1843

Chapter Five Mabotsa: Mauled by a Lion 1843-1844

Chapter Six Marriage: Mabotsa and Chonuane 1844-1847

Chapter Seven Kolobeng: First Phase 1847-1850

Chapter Eight Discovery of Lake Ngami 1849

Chapter Nine "Towards the Zambesi 1850-1851

Chapter Ten From the Zambesi to the Cape 1851-1852

Chapter Eleven The Wreck of Kolobeng 1852

Chapter Twelve From the Cape to the Zambesi 1852-1853

Chapter Thirteen First Great Journey: Loanda 1853-1854

Chapter Fourteen First Great Journey : Linyanti 1854-1855

Chapter Fifteen First Great Journey: Quilimane

Chapter Sixteen First Visit Home 1856-1858

Chapter Seventeen Appointment as Consul 1857-1858

Chapter Eighteen Zambesi Expedition: Kebrabasa Rapids 1858

Chapter Nineteen Zambesi Expedition: Lake Nyasa 1859

Chapter Twenty Zambesi Expedition: Linyanti 1860

Chapter Twenty-One Zambesi Expedition: Magomero 1861-1862

Chapter Twenty-Two Zambesi Expedition: the Last Phase 1862-1863

Chapter Twenty-Three From Quilimane to Bombay 1864

Chapter Twenty-Four Second Visit Home 1864-1865

Chapter Twenty-Five Last Journeys: Bombay and Zanzibar 1865-1866

Chapter Twenty-Six Last Journeys: Beyond the Loangwa 1866

Chapter Twenty-Seven Last Journeys: Heart of Africa 1867

Chapter Twenty-Eight Last Journeys: Great Central Lakes 1868-1869

Chapter Twenty-Nine Last Journeys: Great River Sources 1869-1871

Chapter Thirty Last Journeys: Farthest West 1871

Chapter Thirty-One Last Journeys: with Stanley 1871-1872

Chapter Thirty-Two Last Journeys: Journeys End 1872-1873

Epilogue

Memorabilia from Livingstone

Bibliography

References

Index

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David Livingstone: His Life and Letters

Book by George Seaver; Harper & Brothers, 1957

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...that port in January 1873, but it was not till...reached Zanzibar in January 1873 and was joined by two...coast. 10 Meanwhile Livingstone, ignorant alike of the...Amen, so let it be. David Livingstone. As the weeks went by...
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Livingstone's African Journal 1853-1856 - Vol. 1

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Africa, Central--Discovery And Exploration, Explorers--Africa, Central--Diaries, Livingstone, David--1813-1873--Diaries

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...USED IN FOOTNOTES Bld Barotseland DL David Livingstone DNB Concise Dictionary of National Biography...Expedition The Zambesi Expedition of David Livingstone , ed. Wallis 1956 Fam. Letters David Livingstone: Family Letters , ed. Schapera 1959...
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Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Andrew Ross Reconsiders the Reputation-Both Contemporary and Historical-Of the Scottish Missionary and Explorer

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David Livingstone's Prismatic Compass: Used by the Famous Explorer and Missionary during His Last Journey to Find the Source of the Nile

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Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?

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Africa? No, the Kirk's Sending Its Missionaries to Darkest Edinburgh

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Livingstone, David

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LIVINGSTONE, DAVID liv ingst n, ston , 1813 73, Scottish missionary and...explore the Zambezi region. Livingstone returned to England (1864...north end of Lake Tanganyika. In 1873 Livingstone died in the village of Chief...

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