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In Darkest Africa
Henry M. Stanley
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R914
Discovery Miles 9 140
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In Darkest Africa
Henry M. Stanley
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R1,206
Discovery Miles 12 060
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This edition of Henry Morton Stanley's epic account of travels
through Africa in search of Professor Livingstone includes the
original sketches and illustrations of the journey. In the late
1860s, journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley was given an
assignment to find and relieve the explorer Dr. David Livingstone.
The respected doctor had not been in contact with civilization
since departing to the wilderness of Africa in 1866, in a quest to
discover the source of the River Nile. Henry M. Stanley set off on
what became a more than two year trek to find Livingstone. He and
his travelling company sojourned over seven hundred miles through
the exotic landscapes and forests of rural Africa. The intense,
tropical environment claimed the lives of many accompanying
porters, while Stanley's horse perished after a deadly bite from a
tsetse fly.
This edition of Henry Morton Stanley's epic account of travels
through Africa in search of Professor Livingstone includes the
original sketches and illustrations of the journey. In the late
1860s, journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley was given an
assignment to find and relieve the explorer Dr. David Livingstone.
The respected doctor had not been in contact with civilization
since departing to the wilderness of Africa in 1866, in a quest to
discover the source of the River Nile. Henry M. Stanley set off on
what became a more than two year trek to find Livingstone. He and
his travelling company sojourned over seven hundred miles through
the exotic landscapes and forests of rural Africa. The intense,
tropical environment claimed the lives of many accompanying
porters, while Stanley's horse perished after a deadly bite from a
tsetse fly.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1893 Edition.
Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa including
four months residence with Dr. Livingstone. Reprinted from an
abridged version of Stanley's record of the expedition he embarked
on in 1871 to find the Scottish missionary and explorer, Dr.
Livingstone.
American journalist and adventurer, Henry M. Stanley recounts his
mission in 1871, (on behalf of the New York Herald), to find the
world famous explorer David Livingstone, who was presumably lost or
even killed in East Africa. In his diary Stanley writes with
stoicism, and without magnifying the epic hardships of the journey,
(he was deserted by his bearers, plagued by disease and warring
tribes). After travelling 700 miles in 236 days, he found the
ailing Scottish missionary on the island of Ujiji on November 10,
uttering his famous greeting: "Doctor Livingstone, I presume "
Together they explored the northern end of Lake Tangayika.
Livingstone had journeyed extensively in central and southern
Africa from 1840 and fought to destroy the slave trade. Livingstone
died in 1873 on the Shores of Lake Bagweulu. His body was shipped
back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. On hearing of his
hero's death, Stanley continued Livingstone's research of the
region. Stanley's exploration of the region eventually led to the
founding of the Congo Free State.
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