M. Buxton
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2001
9780333740415
David Livingstone
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2001
ISBN13: 9780333740415
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
A biography of David Livingstone giving a balanced account of his strengths and weaknesses. Revered for years as a saint, he was in fact a much more interesting character, difficult, demanding and unsympathetic but also single minded, determined, patient and outstandingly brave. At ten he worked a fourteen hour day in a mill and at sixty was buried in Westminster Abbey. The first European to cross Africa, he discovered the Victoria Falls and survived shipwreck, attacks by natives and being mauled by a lion.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780333740415
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgements Chronology Note of Spelling Abbreviations used in Notes Foreword by David Livingstone Wilson Blantyre: The Boy Glasgow, Chipping Ongar and London: The Student Kuruman and Mabotsa: The Newcomer Chonuane and Kolonbeng: The Missionary Lake Ngami, The River Zouga and Cape Town; The Traveller To the West Coast of Africa: The Pioneer Across Africa from West to East; Great Leader of Africans Britain: National Hero The Zambesi and Shire Rivers: Flawed Leader of Europeans The Shire and Rovuma Rivers: The Husband The Indian Ocean: Ship's Captain Britain: Author and Father Lakes Nyassa, Tanganyika and Moeru; The Explorer Ujiji and Unyanyembe: Scoop To Chitambo's Village: The Dying Man From Africa to Westminster Abbey: Venerated Leader From Blantyre to Westminster Abbey: Neither Saint for Failure Appendix: Livingstone's Alleged Love Child Bibliography Index