This collection of essays aims to further the understanding of historical and contemporary geographies of science. It offers a fresh perspective on comparative approaches to scientific knowledge and practice as pursued by geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and historians of science. The authors explore the formation and changing geographies of scientific centers from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries and critically discuss the designing of knowledge spaces in early museums, in modern laboratories, at world fairs, and in the periphery of contemporary science. They also...
This collection of essays aims to further the understanding of historical and contemporary geographies of science. It offers a fresh perspective on...
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,...
Two lectures given by the medical missionary and explorer David Livingstone after his return to England from his travels in Africa (1841 1856) form th...
This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author s life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, this volume offers a fascinating insight into the South Africa in the late nineteenth century, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in historical literature of this ilk. Contents include: Personal Sketch, Highland Ancestors, Family Traditions, Grandfather Removes to the Lowlands, Parents, Early Labors and Efforts, Evening School, Love of Reading, Religious Impressions, Medical Education, Medical Diploma, Theological Studies,...
This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author s life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, thi...
This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author s life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, this volume offers a fascinating insight into South Africa in the late nineteenth century, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in historical literature of this ilk. Contents include: Personal Sketch, Highland Ancestors, Family Traditions, Grandfather Removes to the Lowlands, Parents, Early Labors and Efforts, Evening School, Love of Reading, Religious Impressions, Medical Education, Medical Diploma, Theological Studies, etcetera....
This vintage book contains a biographical account of the author s life and missionary travels in and around South Africa. First published in 1868, thi...
This absorbing narrative by the world famous explorer and Christian missionary, David Livingstone, (1813 1873) was first published in 1857 after the President of the Royal Geographical Society asked Livingstone to give a series of public lectures on his travels in Africa. The book was a great success, but Livingstone reportedly said 'I think I would rather cross the African continent again than undertake to write another book'. Livingstone's book describes in careful detail his travels and work in parts of southern and central Africa previously unknown to Europeans. It distils the experiences...
This absorbing narrative by the world famous explorer and Christian missionary, David Livingstone, (1813 1873) was first published in 1857 after the P...
The success of the Victorian explorer and missionary David Livingstone's first book, Missionary Travels (1857), led to his receiving government funding in 1858 for an expedition up the Zambezi River. The trip was expected to last two years, and was intended to further commercial and scientific as well as missionary aims. However, owing to internal disagreements, illness (including the death of Livingstone's wife), drought and tribal warfare, the explorers' mission took six and a half years and achieved little apart from collecting plant and geological specimens. The upper reaches of the...
The success of the Victorian explorer and missionary David Livingstone's first book, Missionary Travels (1857), led to his receiving government fundin...
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...
One of the most renowned nineteenth-century British explorers of Africa, David Livingstone (1813 73) was a medical missionary who received the Royal G...
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...
One of the most renowned nineteenth-century British explorers of Africa, David Livingstone (1813 73) was a medical missionary who received the Royal G...
Die Tagebucher des David Livingstone berichten eindringlich von seiner letzten Entdeckungreise nach Ost- und Zentralafrika. Ein Abenteuer, das den Leser in seinen Bann zieht und ihm unmittelbar eine fremde Welt offenbart, mit ganz anderen Strukturen und Problemen. Ein Kleinod.
Die Tagebucher des David Livingstone berichten eindringlich von seiner letzten Entdeckungreise nach Ost- und Zentralafrika. Ein Abenteuer, das den Les...
This collection of essays aims to further the understanding of historical and contemporary geographies of science. It offers a fresh perspective on comparative approaches to scientific knowledge and practice as pursued by geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and historians of science. The authors explore the formation and changing geographies of scientific centers from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries and critically discuss the designing of knowledge spaces in early museums, in modern laboratories, at world fairs, and in the periphery of contemporary science. They also...
This collection of essays aims to further the understanding of historical and contemporary geographies of science. It offers a fresh perspective on...
