The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his Death
Continued by a Narrative of his Last Moments and Sufferings, Obtained from his Faithful Servants, Chuma and Susi

Published in 1874, this record of Livingstone's last expedition also includes an account of his final illness and death.

David Livingstone (Author), Horace Waller (Edited by)

9781108032629, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 September 2011

394 pages, 19 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg

One of the most renowned nineteenth-century British explorers of Africa, David Livingstone (1813–73) was a medical missionary who received the Royal Geographical Society gold medal in 1855. His fame was established by his 1853–6 coast-to-coast exploration of the African interior, and by the best-selling Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, published upon his return to England in 1857 (also reissued in this series). Livingstone's last expedition in search of 'the true source of the Nile', undertaken in 1866, forms the core of this two-volume travel diary, published posthumously in 1874. Volume 2 describes the last two years of his life, when, after his meeting with the journalist Henry Morton Stanley in 1871, Livingstone insisted on staying in Africa despite his poor health. It includes details about his death and the journey to bring his body back to the British authorities, reported by Livingstone's attendants Chuma and Susi.

1. Bad beginning of the new year
2. Prepares to explore River Lualaba
3. Footsteps of Moses
4. Degraded state of the Manyuema
5. The Chitoka or market gathering
6. Leaves for Ujiji
7. Determines to continue his work
8. Letters arrive at last
9. Short years in Buganda
10. False guides
11. Entangled amongst the marshes of Bangweolo
12. Dr. Livingstone rapidly sinking
13. They begin the homeward march for Ilala.

Subject Areas: African history [HBJH]