Livingstone / Tim Jeal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeal, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.

Livingstone, David.

Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.

Explorers.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Discovery and exploration.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 423 pages.) : illustrations.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2013]

Summary:

David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the first to find Victoria Falls and the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition, Jeal draws on fresh sources and archival discoveries to provide the most fully rounded portrait of this complicated man-dogged by failure throughout his life despite his full share of success. Using Livingstone's original field notebooks, Jeal finds that the explorer's problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. From recently discovered letters he elaborates on the explorer's decision to send his wife Mary back home to England. He also uncovers fascinating information about Livingstone's importance to the British Empire and about his relationship with the journalist-adventurer Henry Morton Stanley. In addition Jeal here evokes the full pathos of the explorer's final journey. This masterful, updated biography also features an excellent selection of new maps and illustrations.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Note on Spelling

Introduction: A Contradictory Hero

Part One: Aspiration

Part Two: Achievement

Part Three: Fame

Part Four: Reversal

Part Five: Rejection

Part Six: Atonement

Appendix: The Date of the Stanley-Livingstone Meeting

Sources

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300192124

0300192126

9781299159969

1299159966

OCLC:

1024032572