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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005840/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- A printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone during his Trans Africa Expedition’ of November 1853 to May 1856. The expedition, for which Livingstone was awarded a Royal Geographical Society gold medal, covered 4,300 miles from coast to coast. Livingstone’s account of this journey, in Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857) became a best-seller that established his reputation and helped determine Victorian views of the interior of Africa. -- The map is thought to have been used as backing for a new map of the area that Livingstone drew while on the expedition (also illustrated). In May 1941, both maps were badly damaged when a bomb hit Livingstone House. (Text by Tom Tomlinson, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) ( en )
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 : 82967083
- General Note:
- The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition was funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
- General Note:
- Source: A. Contadini (ed.), Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007. Listed as item number: 110
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
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