94. David Livingstone, Tette or Nyungwe on River Zambesi, East Africa, to William Thompson, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope

Has reached the "farthest inland station at present occupied by the Portuguese" [Tette, Tete]; arrived at the Zambesi [Zambezi] below the Falls, near its confluence with the Kafue or Bashukulompo River, where all of the oxen were killed by Tsetse; no money to purchase a canoe, so has travelled on fo...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 3C
Date(s) of creation: 2 Mar 1856
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.094
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 3C
callnumber CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/094
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/094
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/094
scb_alt_ref_no Livingstone Wooden Box, item 94
prefix_number 094
title 94. David Livingstone, Tette or Nyungwe on River Zambesi, East Africa, to William Thompson, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope
scb_date_creation 2 Mar 1856
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 4pp
format Archive
description Has reached the "farthest inland station at present occupied by the Portuguese" [Tette, Tete]; arrived at the Zambesi [Zambezi] below the Falls, near its confluence with the Kafue or Bashukulompo River, where all of the oxen were killed by Tsetse; no money to purchase a canoe, so has travelled on foot; in good health; kindness of Portuguese - talks of his initial prejudice against them because if their involvement with the slave trade; belief that the Zambesi will allow water carriage all the way [from the coast] to the Makololo; fever more prevalent on the Coast than inland; intends to rest then proceed down the river to Quilimane [Quelimane]; some notes re business and money.
scb_access_status Open
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00094