David Livingstone: Mission and Empire
- ISBN-10
- 1852852852
- ISBN-13
- 9781852852856
- Series
- David Livingstone
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Andrew C. Ross
Description
An intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century explorer considers such topics as the setbacks he experienced throughout the course of his career, the differing opinions that have shaped his posthumous reputation, and the motivations behind and impact of his slave journeys through Africa.
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