William Cotton Oswell, hunter and explorer : the story of his life with certain correspondance and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished / by his eldest son W. Edward Oswell of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law ; with an introduction by Francis Galton D.C.I., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., et cetera : portraits, maps, and illustrations : in two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oswell, W. Edward (William Edward), author.

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Livingstone, David, 1813-1873, contributor.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oswell, William Cotton, 1818-1893.

Oswell, William Cotton.

Oswell, William Cotton, 1818-1893--Travel--Africa, Central.

Africa, Central--Description and travel.

Africa, Central.

Central Africa.

Africa, Central--Discovery and exploration.

Discoveries in geography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations, maps (some folded, some color), portraits.

Place of Publication:

London : William Heinemann, 1900.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Vol. 1. Parentage and birth, 1745-1832 ; Education: Rugby and Haileybury, 1832-1837 ; India, 1837-1844 ; Africa, 1844-1846: First expedition (with Murray) to Ba-Kaa Hills. Return by Limpopo ; Africa, 1845-1847: Second expedition (with Captain Frank Vardon). Exploration of Limpopo, and discovery of River Mokolwé ; India and England, 1847-1848 ; Africa, 1848-1849: Third expedition (with Livingstone and Murray). Passage of Kalahari Desert, and discovery of River Zouga and Lake Ngami ; Africa, 1850: Fourth expedition (unaccompained). Exploration of River Zouga. Second visit to Lake Ngami ; Africa, 1851-1852: Fifth expedition (with Livingstone). Visit to Sebitoané. Discovery of Rivers Mababé, Souta, Chobé, and Zambesi

V. 2. England, 1852-1853 ; Retrospect of his African career, and the opinion of him held by contemporary travellers ; Paris, Constantinople, Crimea, 1853-1855 ; North and South America and West Indies, 1855-1856 ; England, 1856-1860 ; 1860-1865 ; 1865-1869 ; 1869-1873 ; 1873-1878 ; 1878-1885 ; 1885-1890 ; 1890-1892 ; 1892-1893 ; His friends' farewell. Their letters and memorials ; Characteristic extracts from the correspondence and personal reminiscences of William Cotton Oswell.

Notes:

Vol. 1: xxiv, 267 pages ; volume 2: xi, [3], 289 pages.

"Billing and Sons, Ltd., printers"--Colophon.

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.

OCLC:

577068193

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