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David Livingstone : mission and Empire

Author: Andrew C Ross
Publisher: London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Born in poverty in Blantyre, Scotland, David Livingstone educated himself by heroic endeavor, later proving him-self to be a remarkable linguist and scientist. His missionary journeys brought him  Read more...

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Named Person: David Livingstone
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew C Ross
ISBN: 1852852852 9781852852856 1852855657 9781852855659
OCLC Number: 492276800
Notes: Autre tirage : 2006.
Description: 1 vol. (XIV-274 p.-[8] p. de pl.) : portr., cartes, couv. ill. en coul. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Illustrations; Introduction; Note on African Names; 1 The Displaced Gael; 2 A Student in Glasgow and London; 3 The LMS and Southern Africa; 4 Luruman and Mabotsa; 5 Kolobeng and the North; 6 South African Politics; 7 Coast to Coast. 8 Years of Triumph; 9 The Zambesi Expedition; 10 Linyanti; 11 Failure and Defeat; 12 Home and Family; 13 Bombay to Bangweulu; 14 Last Journeys; 15 Livingstone and Imperialism; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Responsibility: Andrew C. Ross.

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