Printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone
A printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone during his Trans Africa Expedition’ of November 1853 to May 1856. The expedition, for which Livingstone was awarded a Royal Geographical Society gold medal, covered 4,300 miles from coast to coast. Livingstone’s account of this jo...
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Printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone [electronic resource]. |
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| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | English |
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1850.
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SOAS Digital Library.
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A printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone during his Trans Africa Expedition’ of November 1853 to May 1856. The expedition, for which Livingstone was awarded a Royal Geographical Society gold medal, covered 4,300 miles from coast to coast. Livingstone’s account of this journey, in Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857) became a best-seller that established his reputation and helped determine Victorian views of the interior of Africa. -- The map is thought to have been used as backing for a new map of the area that Livingstone drew while on the expedition (also illustrated). In May 1941, both maps were badly damaged when a bomb hit Livingstone House. (Text by Tom Tomlinson, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) |
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| Language: | English |
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1850.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ASC. REGIONS. FORMATS. ARTE. RAFR. MISSION. LMS. DLP. IASC. ISOAS. R_ZMB. |
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Zambia -- Western Province. |