Wie ich Livingstone fand; Erster Band by Henry M. Stanley
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"Wie ich Livingstone fand; Erster Band" by Henry M. Stanley is a travel and exploration narrative written in the late 19th century. It chronicles a newspaper-driven quest to locate Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa, emphasizing the logistics, cultural encounters, and hazards of mounting and leading an expedition from the East African coast into the interior. Readers should expect vivid reportage on Zanzibar, caravan trade systems, and the realities of exploration, alongside
the developing pursuit of the famed missionary-explorer. The opening of the narrative follows a telegram that summons the narrator to Paris, where James Gordon Bennett commissions him—liberally funding the effort—to find Livingstone, after which he undertakes a long preliminary circuit through the Mediterranean, the Near East, the Caucasus, Persia, and India before reaching Zanzibar. There, he explains his terminology and first-person approach, then paints a lively, critical portrait of the island’s society, trade, missionaries, and climate, including meetings with the U.S. consul and Britain’s Dr. John Kirk, who doubts Livingstone would welcome company. The story then turns practical: learning local currencies of trade (cloth, beads, brass wire) from Arab merchants such as Sheikh Haschid, buying and improvising gear (donkeys and pack-saddles), and hiring two European aides alongside seasoned African askari and porters—including Speke’s veterans like Bombay. The section closes as the provisioning and recruitment continue and a problem involving the veteran Mabruki is introduced. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 |
|---|---|
| Title | Wie ich Livingstone fand; Erster Band |
| Original Publication | Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1879. |
| Note | Translation of first part of: How I found Livingstone. |
| Credits | Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa |
| Subject | Africa, Central -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76143 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76143-5 |
| Release Date | May 23, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 399 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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