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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author's life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, this volume offers a fascinating insight into South Africa in the late nineteenth century, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in historical literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Personal Sketch", "Highland Ancestors", "Family Traditions", "Grandfather Removes to the Lowlands", "Parents", "Early Labors and Efforts", "Evening School", "Love of Reading", "Religious Impressions", "Medical Education", "Medical Diploma", "Theological Studies", etcetera. David Livingstone (1813 - 1873), was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society, as well as a famed explorer. Perhaps one of the most popular national heroes of the late-nineteenth century in Victorian Britain, Livingstone had a mythic status, which operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags to riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial empire. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition.
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David Livingstone
David Livingstone teaches English literature and other subjects at Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. He has translated a number of texts from Czech into English.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A very well-written travel narrative by Scottish missionary, physician, and explorer David Livingstone. The story covers about three years of Livingstone's trek from northeastern South Africa west to Luanda in Angola and then east again to Mozambique, across what are now Zambia, Zimbabwe, Congo and Namibia, including some of the earliest written descriptions of Victoria Falls and the Zambezi River. While Livingstone's observations are often very much of the day- for instance believing that heathenism was inherently bad and that negroid racial characteristics were negative- he does not dwell on theology or race and is deeply engaged with the Africans he meets, attempting to improve their lives by campaigning against the slave trade and healing the sick. He finds their customs odd yet fascinating, learns their languages, and interacts with them as intelligent people. He also catalogs the wildlife and terrain in great detail, often for the first time in writing. Some may find it a bit long and filled with too much minutiae, but I enjoyed his humble and curious approach, not to mention his bravery.
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