Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures
Together with a Prefatory Letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick

Two lectures given in Cambridge by the famous explorer David Livingstone between two expeditions to Africa, with substantial additional material.

David Livingstone (Author), Adam Sedgwick (Author), William Monk (Edited by)

9781108008273, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 March 2010

328 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg

Two lectures given by the medical missionary and explorer David Livingstone after his return to England from his travels in Africa (1841–1856) form the core of this book, which was originally published in 1858, the year when Livingstone set off on the British Zambezi expedition. The book also contains a biography, a letter from Adam Sedgwick (then Professor of Geology at Cambridge), and a thorough appendix covering the scientific results of the journey, describing the geography, mineralogy, diseases, and the language and cultural aspects of the peoples Livingstone encountered. Finally, Livingstone reports on the needs and prospects for further missionary work in Africa. Although Livingstone himself felt his calling was now to pursue purely scientific exploration, he hoped that the lectures and their subsequent publication would encourage other missionaries to continue his work of evangelisation.

Introduction
Life of Dr Livingstone
Professor Sedgwick's prefatory letter
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]