Livingstone's Africa; Herald-Stanley Expedition

Livingstone's Africa; Herald-Stanley Expedition
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 642
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ISBN-10 : 9783382801519
ISBN-13 : 3382801515
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Livingstone's Africa; Herald-Stanley Expedition by : David Livingstone

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Dr. Livingstone I Presume

Dr. Livingstone I Presume
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Publisher : Eldorado Publishing Company
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 0985467819
ISBN-13 : 9780985467814
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Dr. Livingstone I Presume by : David Livingstone

A Story of Dr. Livingstone's Travels in Africa in search of the Source of the Nile. The Zambesi and its Tributaries were explored by this intrepid Adventurer.

Into Africa

Into Africa
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 442
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ISBN-10 : 9780385504522
ISBN-13 : 0385504527
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Into Africa by : Martin Dugard

What really happened to Dr. David Livingstone? The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Survivor: The Ultimate Game investigates in this thrilling account. With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure—defined by alarming foolishness, intense courage, and raw human achievement. In the mid-1860s, exploration had reached a plateau. The seas and continents had been mapped, the globe circumnavigated. Yet one vexing puzzle remained unsolved: what was the source of the mighty Nile river? Aiming to settle the mystery once and for all, Great Britain called upon its legendary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, who had spent years in Africa as a missionary. In March 1866, Livingstone steered a massive expedition into the heart of Africa. In his path lay nearly impenetrable, uncharted terrain, hostile cannibals, and deadly predators. Within weeks, the explorer had vanished without a trace. Years passed with no word. While debate raged in England over whether Livingstone could be found—or rescued—from a place as daunting as Africa, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the brash American newspaper tycoon, hatched a plan to capitalize on the world’s fascination with the missing legend. He would send a young journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, into Africa to search for Livingstone. A drifter with great ambition, but little success to show for it, Stanley undertook his assignment with gusto, filing reports that would one day captivate readers and dominate the front page of the New York Herald. Tracing the amazing journeys of Livingstone and Stanley in alternating chapters, author Martin Dugard captures with breathtaking immediacy the perils and challenges these men faced. Woven into the narrative, Dugard tells an equally compelling story of the remarkable transformation that occurred over the course of nine years, as Stanley rose in power and prominence and Livingstone found himself alone and in mortal danger. The first book to draw on modern research and to explore the combination of adventure, politics, and larger-than-life personalities involved, Into Africa is a riveting read.

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 0674024877
ISBN-13 : 9780674024878
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? by : Clare Pettitt

Drawing on films, children's books, games, songs, cartoons, and TV shows, this book reveals the many ways our culture has remembered Henry Morton Stanley's iconic phrase, while tracking the birth of an Anglo-American Christian imperialism that still sets the world agenda today.

How I Found Livingstone

How I Found Livingstone
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 704
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044018721480
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Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis How I Found Livingstone by : Henry Morton Stanley

The Life and African Exploration of David Livingstone

The Life and African Exploration of David Livingstone
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Publisher : Cooper Square Press
Total Pages : 656
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ISBN-10 : 9781461661122
ISBN-13 : 1461661129
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Life and African Exploration of David Livingstone by : David Livingstone

During his travels as a missionary, David Livingstone beheld many previously unknown wonders of the African interior. He put Victoria Falls and Lake Ngami on the map, and was the first white man to cross the African continent. Diaries, reports and letters are combined to create a wonderful narration of Livingstone's travels in a widely unknown continent. Included in this harrowing tale is Livingstone's narrow escape from a lion's wrath, his negotiations with an African chief, and his account of the Portuguese slave traders brutally punishing slaves after their attempt to escape. The Life and African Explorations of Livingstone also reveals Livingstone's deeply-rooted Christian beliefs and the strength he took from them, strength that allowed him to live and thrive amid the hardships of equatorial Africa.

Stanley

Stanley
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 557
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ISBN-10 : 9780571265640
ISBN-13 : 0571265642
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Stanley by : Tim Jeal

Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.

The Last Expedition

The Last Expedition
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 0393059030
ISBN-13 : 9780393059038
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Expedition by : Daniel Liebowitz

Henry Morton Stanley undertook the greatest African expedition of the 19th century to rescue Emin Pasha, last lieutenant of the martyred General Gordon and governor of the southern Sudan. Instead of ten months, the trip took three years and cost the lives of thousands of people, as Stanley's column hacked its way across the last great, unexplored territory in Africa. Stanley's secret agenda was territorial expansion on the model of Leopold's Congo or the British East India Company.

The Daring Heart of David Livingstone

The Daring Heart of David Livingstone
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Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781595555939
ISBN-13 : 1595555935
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Daring Heart of David Livingstone by : Jay Milbrandt

The captivating, untold story of the great explorer, David Livingstone: his abiding faith and his heroic efforts to end the African slave trade Saint? Missionary? Scientist? Explorer? The titles given to David Livingstone since his death are varied enough to seem dubious—and with good reason. In view of the confessions in his own journals, saint is out of the question. Even missionary is tenuous, considering he made only one convert. And despite his fame as a scientist and explorer, Livingstone left his most indelible mark on Africa in an arena few have previously examined: slavery. His impact on abolishing what he called “this awful slave-trade” has been shockingly overlooked as the centerpiece of his African mission. Until now. The Daring Heart of David Livingstone tells his story from the beginning of his time in Africa to the publicity stunt that saved millions after his death.

King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost
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Publisher : Picador
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9781760785208
ISBN-13 : 1760785202
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis King Leopold's Ghost by : Adam Hochschild

With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.