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Chargement... A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi: And Its Tributaries and the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864 (original 1865; édition 2001)par David Livingstone (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreExpedition to the Zambesi: The Zambesi River and its Tributaries (Duckworth Discoverers) par David Livingstone (1865)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. It had to be really difficult to make such an historic expedition so boring and tedious. The death (and illness) of Mrs. Livingstone was about two paragraphs long. Overly descriptive of flora and rocks and underly descriptive of the drama and pathos of what could be considered an epic journey. I mainly read it to get some background before reading Stanley's book about his expedition. Pretty much a real waste of time. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The success of the Victorian explorer and missionary David Livingstone's first book, Missionary Travels (1857), led to his receiving government funding in 1858 for an expedition up the Zambezi River. The trip was expected to last two years, and was intended to further commercial and scientific as well as missionary aims. However, owing to internal disagreements, illness (including the death of Livingstone's wife), drought and tribal warfare, the explorers' mission took six and a half years and achieved little apart from collecting plant and geological specimens. The upper reaches of the Zambesi proved unnavigable owing to rapids and waterfalls, and the expedition was recalled. This account, published in 1865 by Livingstone (1813-1873) and his younger brother Charles, who had accompanied him, was in part an attempt to excuse the problems which had beset the expedition, and restore Livingstone's reputation in order to gain backing for further ventures. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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