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SOAS Archive
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| id |
CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.086
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| scb_order_with |
CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 3B
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| callnumber |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/086
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| callnumber_txt |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/086
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| callnumber-sort |
CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/086
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| scb_alt_ref_no |
Livingstone Wooden Box, item 86
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| prefix_number |
086
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| title |
86. David Livingston [Livingstone], Cassange, Angola, West Africa, to Rev Arthur Tidman, Mission House, Blomfield Street, London
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| scb_date_creation |
14 Jan 1855
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| scb_level |
Item
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| level_sort |
8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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| scb_extent |
20pp
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
Has learnt that his letters and maps have been lost in the wreck of the 'Forerunner' off Madeira; relates the details of his journey to the West Coast (details in letter 82); describes the idols and practices of the Londa people [baLonda] in greater detail; experience of travelling through heavy rains and frequent illness of himself and his people "all native Zambesians"; difficulty of travelling through in the vicinity of Portuguese settlements; arrival at Loanda and assistance received from Edmund Gabriel (her Majesty's Commissioner for the Suppression of the Slave Trade); travelling companions allowed aboard H.M. ships of war and have been engaged in discharging coals from a ship for wages; companions received kindly by the Bishop of Angola who has promised the promotion of commercial intercourse with Sekeletu's country - "it is to be hoped that intercourse with either Cassange or Loanda will promote the civilization of the Interior"; sets out for the East Coast to accomplish his task and to enable a choice [between trade routes from the West and East Coasts]; intends to go down the Zambesi [Zambezi] or Leeambye to Quilimane [Quelimane]; needs to avoid the Falls of Mosioatunya [Victoria Falls] and the rapids above it; will return to Loanda if he can't succeed and from there embark for England; resolve to give wages (in the form of goods) to travelling companions; discusses business and finances; has been treated well by the Portuguese and travels with a letter from the Bishop of Angola to facilitate his passage, however suspects that treatment would be different if circumstances had been different; comments on the greater levels of literacy in the region around Loanda as a legacy of the Jesuit missionaries; mentions coffee as one of the benefits conferred on the country by missionaries - Portuguese now turning to licit commerce and coffee plantations.
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| scb_access_status |
Open
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| scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
CWM
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| hierarchy_sequence |
CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00086
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