Voyages

43906 — Blantyre Malawi: Blantyre 1984. A Facsimile edition of the 1868 text published by the Society of Malawi in association with the Royal Geographical Society. David Livingstone was on his third and final expedition to Africa in search of the source of the Nile."While journeying along the southern shores of Lake Malawi his companions deserted him and returned to the coast with a plausible but fabricated tale of his murder by marauding Ngoni.The Royal Geographical Society sponsors of the expedition remained unconvinced of the varacity of the murder report. Lieutenant Young who had been with Lvingstone on his second expedition to Lake Malawi in 1863 volunteered to lead an expedition sponsored by the society to ascertain the truth of the allegation. This book first published in London in 1868 is his narrative of the search for the missionary." Limited edition of 750 numbered copies of which this is number 245. Pp.xii/262 folding map to rear occasional reproductions of engraved illustrations. Red cloth dustwrapper. VG/VG. Blantyre, Malawi: Blantyre, 1984. hardcover