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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Also called,
Travels and Researches in South Africa; or, Journeys and Researches in
South Africa. By David Livingstone [British (Scot) Missionary and
Explorer--1813-1873.]
David Livingstone was born in Scotland, received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow, and was sent to South Africa by the
London Missionary Society. Circumstances led him to try to meet the
material needs as well as the spiritual needs of the people he went to,
and while promoting trade and trying to end slavery, he became the
first European to cross the continent of Africa, which story is related in
this book. Two appendixes have been added to this etext, one of which
is simply notes on the minor changes made to make this etext more
readable, (old vs. new forms of words, names, etc.); the other is a
review from the February, 1858 edition of Harper's Magazine, which is
included both for those readers who want to see a brief synopsis, and
more importantly to give an example of how Livingstone's
accomplishments were seen in his own time. The unnamed reviewer
was by no means as enlightened as Livingstone, yet he was not entirely

in the dark, either.
The casual reader, who may not be familiar with the historical period,
should note that a few things that Livingstone wrote, which might be
seen as racist by today's standards, was not considered so in his own
time. Livingstone simply uses the terms and the science of his day --
these were no doubt flawed, as is also seen elsewhere, in his references
to malaria, for example. Which all goes to show that it was the science
of the day which was flawed, and not so much Livingstone.
I will also add that the Rev. Livingstone has a fine sense of humour,
which I hope the reader will enjoy. His description of a Makololo dance
is classic.
Lastly, I will note that what I love most about Livingstone's
descriptions is not only that he was not polluted by the racism of his
day, but that he was not polluted by the anti-racism of our own. He
states things as he sees them, and notes that the Africans are, like all
other men, a curious mixture of good and evil. This, to me,
demonstrates his good faith better than any other description could.
You see, David Livingstone does not write about Africa as a
missionary, nor as an explorer, nor yet as a scientist, but as a man
meeting fellow men. I hope you will enjoy his writings as much as I
did.
Alan R. Light Monroe, N.C., 1997.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch
of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey
from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence
Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean.
By David Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L., Fellow of the Faculty of
Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow; Corresponding Member of the
Geographical and Statistical Society of New York; Gold Medalist and
Corresponding Member of the Royal Geographical Societies of London
and Paris F.S.A., Etc., Etc.

Dedication.

To SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, President Royal

Geographical Society, F.R.S., V.P.G.S., Corr. Inst. of France, and
Member of the Academies of St. Petersburg, Berlin, Stockholm,
Copenhagen, Brussels, Etc., This Work is affectionately offered as a
Token of Gratitude for the kind interest he has always taken in the
Author's pursuits and welfare; and to express admiration of his eminent
scientific attainments, nowhere more strongly evidenced than by the
striking hypothesis respecting the physical conformation of the African
continent, promulgated in his Presidential Address to the Royal
Geographic Society in 1852, and verified three years afterward by the
Author of these